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> Or, maybe, Munger figured out that what was viewed as obviously correct wasn't actually correct

Nah, looking at the floor plans, he was just optimizing for cost at the expense of user experience.

To rebut your anecdata with my own: My dorm rooms at college had large 5' x 4' windows that opened. The unlimited fresh air and view over the campus helped me keep my sanity while studying for a 4-year engineering degree. A windowless room would have driven me stark raving mad in the first year.