What Charlie Munger thinks about mathematics
Warren Buffett's business partner and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway; also chaired Wesco Financial Corporation from 1984 to 2011, where he wrote its annual letters himself.
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2 dated positions, c. 1994 to 2007, in their own words. Our reading of what Charlie Munger has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThose of you who have mastered algebra know that inversion frequently will solve problems which nothing else will solve. And in life, unless you’re more gifted than Einstein, inversion will help you solve problems that you can’t solve in other ways.
↗2007 USC Law School Commencement Addressjamesclear.com 6th of 14 in this piece
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Their wordsIf you don’t get this elementary, but mildly unnatural, mathematics of elementary probability into your repertoire, then you go through a long life like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. You’re giving a huge advantage to everybody else.
↗A Lesson on Elementary Worldly Wisdom As It Relates To Investment Management & Business (USC Business School, 1994)fs.blog 5th of 13 in this piece