[blovescoffee]

Every thread about munger points this out. Personally I feel it’s missing the forest for the trees. I’m not going to defend the dorm, but munger was one of the titans of business and investing. There’s so much more founders can take away from him than this story about the dorm.

[Tarsul]

yeah but it reads a little like he puts himself above others (e.g. the students here). He also did not sign the giving pledge, although he justified this by saying he already gave too much to his children for it to work - I cannot argue with these semantics but it's not a good look, nonetheless.

As a matter of fact we should stop revering multi billionares. There definitely should be a comeback of the term stinkin rich.

[WrongAssumption]

And yet the very same design was funded by Munger and built in Ann Arbor.

If what you say is true, how do you explain the incredibly high scores given by the students that live there?

https://www.veryapt.com/ApartmentReview-a7222-munger-graduat...

Are you willing to entertain the possibility that it is you that puts your rage over a design you never experienced over the real life experiences of the students that clearly enjoy the space?

[anoncow]

Thank you for sharing this. Makes me think that we should always assume positively. Perhaps Munger had a reason for supporting a closed-off dorm, based on what information he had on them. A reason strong enough for him.to be convinced that an alternative was not worth supporting.

[blooalien]

> "As a matter of fact we should stop revering multi billionares. There definitely should be a comeback of the term stinkin rich."

I've always called 'em the "filthy rich" because you know that almost all of them what got that (financially) "rich", they all had'ta get way more'n just their hands "dirty".