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Three remarkable individuals left their earthly bodies last week. Charlie Munger, age 99, Henry Kissinger, age 100, and Sandra Day O’Conner, age 93. All three were remarkable intellects.

One thing does especially intrigue me about Munger and that is this: why he was so necessary to his partner, friend, and possibly more esteemed cohort Warren Buffett. Buffett famously called Munger the “abominable no-man” because of the amount of times he ferociously nixed investments in which...

Charlie Munger himself produced a listicle of sorts, "The Psychology of Human Misjudgment," chronicling 25 common errors.

Many lists of the famous sayings of Charlie Munger are being shared after the investing legend’s death at age 99. Munger himself produced a listicle of sorts,…

Industrial genius Carl Braun tells us how to communicate like a grown-up so we can gain respect and really get things done inside or outside the workplace. 

If you are considering getting vaccinated against the 2020 seasonal flu (aka “Covid”) or one of its “variants,” please consider this risk decision analysis. First, the relevant data related to the health risk associated with the 2020 flu–the Infection to Fatality Rate (IFR)–is no different, and apparently lower (around .04 percent) than the normal seasonal flu.  Although the IFR itself could be faulty, what we can observe with our eyes (rather than our comput...

University. professor, welcome. >> thank you. >> so let me just begin with that response from the attorney from this conductor. if hes saying he had no reck recollection but doctors are saying over time his memory will return what do you make of that response and what kinds of questions will he be asked once his memory comes back? >> you know its really critical to see if it was human error, human misjudgment that caused this. it does appear that way. we dont know of course. if thats the case th...

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Cruising industry is going to be slowed. >> geraldo: a great cruise liner gives passengers a holiday from their world. it takes them to far off places and at the same time it can shield them from the reality of where they are. at sea. aboard one of these massive engineering marvels, it is easy to forget the ocean is implacable and no matter how sophisticated the technology or luxurious the sur surroundings or immense the vessel, nothing overcomes human misjudgment or recklessness. im geraldo riv...

Aboard one of these massive engineering marvels its easy to forget the ocean is i am plaqueable. no matter how sophisticated the technology or luxurious the surroundings or immense the vessel there is nothing that over comes human misjudgment or recklessness or