What Charlie Munger thinks about simplicity

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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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1. 13 May 2007

   Our readingThe highest form civilization can reach is a seamless web of deserved trust: not much procedure, just totally reliable people correctly trusting one another

   Their wordsThe highest form that civilization can reach is a seamless web of deserved trust. Not much procedure, just totally reliable people correctly trusting one another.

   ↗2007 USC Law School Commencement Addressjamesclear.com 14th of 14 in this piece