Collection: Charlie Munger

Charlie Munger on Paradox. | Harvard University...
[Transcript] CHARLIE MUNGER: Fourth, what special knowledge problems lie buried in the thought system indicated by the list? Well, one is paradox. Now, we’re talking about a type of human...
Charlie Munger on Paradox. | Harvard University...
[Transcript] CHARLIE MUNGER: Fourth, what special knowledge problems lie buried in the thought system indicated by the list? Well, one is paradox. Now, we’re talking about a type of human...

Charlie Munger on Psychological Thought System ...
[Transcript] CHARLIE MUNGER: The second question. Isn’t this list of standard psychological tendencies improperly tautological compared with the system of Euclid? That is, aren’t there overlaps, and can’t some items...
Charlie Munger on Psychological Thought System ...
[Transcript] CHARLIE MUNGER: The second question. Isn’t this list of standard psychological tendencies improperly tautological compared with the system of Euclid? That is, aren’t there overlaps, and can’t some items...

Charlie Munger: Combine Psychological Tendencie...
[Transcript] CHARLIE MUNGER: Now, the time has come to ask two or three questions. This is the most important question in this whole talk. What happens when these standard psychological...
Charlie Munger: Combine Psychological Tendencie...
[Transcript] CHARLIE MUNGER: Now, the time has come to ask two or three questions. This is the most important question in this whole talk. What happens when these standard psychological...

Charlie Munger: Confusion from Say-Something Sy...
[Transcript] CHARLIE MUNGER: Then I’ve got mental and organizational confusion from the say-something syndrome. Here, my favorite thing is the bee, a honeybee. A honeybee goes out and finds the...
Charlie Munger: Confusion from Say-Something Sy...
[Transcript] CHARLIE MUNGER: Then I’ve got mental and organizational confusion from the say-something syndrome. Here, my favorite thing is the bee, a honeybee. A honeybee goes out and finds the...

Charlie Munger on Stress-Induced Mental Changes...
[Transcript] CHARLIE MUNGER: Stress-induced mental changes. Here, my favorite example is the great Pavlov. He had all these dogs in cages, which had all been conditioned into changed behaviors, and...
Charlie Munger on Stress-Induced Mental Changes...
[Transcript] CHARLIE MUNGER: Stress-induced mental changes. Here, my favorite example is the great Pavlov. He had all these dogs in cages, which had all been conditioned into changed behaviors, and...

Charlie Munger on The Importance of "Why." | Ha...
[Transcript] CHARLIE MUNGER: Mental confusion caused by information not arrayed in the mind and theory structures creating sound generalizations, developed in response to the question why. Also mis-influence from information...
Charlie Munger on The Importance of "Why." | Ha...
[Transcript] CHARLIE MUNGER: Mental confusion caused by information not arrayed in the mind and theory structures creating sound generalizations, developed in response to the question why. Also mis-influence from information...