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29-11-2023, 10:24 AM
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Can't really hold my tears when saw the news of his passing this morning.
He likely would have rolled his eye on my surprise to the obvious likelihood of his passing (looking at his age and high possibility of the event).
Charles Thomas Munger (January 1, 1924 – November 28, 2023)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Munger
Someone said his age is 99.9, which reflect the imperfection of the world that he sometimes advocate. There is no need to be precise but rather, approximate is enough.
A great teacher, the light in the dark tunnel and a calming voice in the turbulence market, world and life.
I was still listening to his perhaps last conversation in the acquired podcast for the past few days:
https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/charlie-munger
He was as sharp and humorous as ever.
His peacefully passing is very Munger style.
RIP great teacher.
My views are your Gilbert & Sullivan's:
"The flowers that bloom in the spring, have nothing to do with the case".
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A little while ago, Munger was lamenting that he has been immobile on a wheelchair for some time and dependent on someone to take care of most of his needs. Putting on his rational lens, he is probably better now.
Munger was the one who instilled the ethos that it was ok to strive just to get a little better every day, not necessarily in fast spurts but faithfully repeating the little feats of getting less ignorant and less irrational.
So while Munger passes on. The little bit of him lives on in me (and hopefully in my future generations) and that is probably the closest thing to immortality.
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Until his passing, I didn't even manage to finish his Poor Charlie's almanack after holding it for 10+ years.
Several of his talks that I keep reading over the years are:
A Lesson on Elementary Worldly Wisdom :
https://fs.blog/great-talks/a-lesson-on-worldly-wisdom/
The Psychology of Human Misjudgment:
https://fs.blog/great-talks/psychology-h...sjudgment/
Academic Economics — Strengths and Weaknesses, after Considering Interdisciplinary Needs:
https://fs.blog/great-talks/academic-eco...ie-munger/
Have been reading below for the past months, his wits & wisdom in Wesco & Daily Journal AGM's Q&A:
https://weread.qq.com/web/bookDetail/881...eeag012b8d
My views are your Gilbert & Sullivan's:
"The flowers that bloom in the spring, have nothing to do with the case".
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RIP Charlie Munger. Great Investor, Polymath and Wonderful man (although blunt and politically incorrect at times) !
Will miss reading his speech ( I always having difficulty understanding his accent so have to depend on transcripts).
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RIP Charlie Munger. The world lost another wise, objective and unbiased voice.
Those who enjoy reading his writings can also check out the writings of Li Lu (in Chinese)
I find both to be very similar and inspiring. Both espoused worldly wisdom, intellectual honesty, reading widely and value investing.
I read that they have dinner weekly.
文明、现代化、价值投资与中国, a very good book by Li Lu.
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(30-11-2023, 11:10 AM)weijian Wrote: I had thought that the acquired podcast would be his final lengthy interview. It seems like CNBC managed to record an interview with him 2 weeks ago. Looking forward to that in time to come.
Snippet of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj9sRI5lofM
Thanks Weijian, amazing Becky Quek, just just in time.
Looking forward to that.
Hi Choon,
I managed to force myself to read through the entire Li Lu book.
Struggled with those non-investment chapters esp on the human history, but his message on China & Investment just light up my thinking on those topics. Simple & clear!
My views are your Gilbert & Sullivan's:
"The flowers that bloom in the spring, have nothing to do with the case".
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