About the book
Charles Munger's philosophy, along with his own mistakes and those he saw others make, set Peter Bevelin on the study behind Seeking Wisdom. The book begins with a line from Confucius: a man who makes a mistake and fails to correct it commits a second one. Bevelin examines how thoughts are shaped, why people misjudge, and which tools can improve thinking. Besides Darwin and Munger, he cites Montaigne, Feynman, Mark Twain, Einstein, Warren Buffett and the Roman poet Publius Terentius. Echoing Munger's wish to know where he will die so he can avoid it, the aim is to map the roads to unhappiness and prevent the mistakes that do real harm.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb praised it as Montaigne applied to business, a book to keep at the bedside and reread in small doses. Basecamp co-founder Jason Fried called it one of his favorite books and said on Twitter that he was rereading it.
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This book has 2 recommendations
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Flaneur)
A wonderful book on wisdom and decision-making written by a wise decision-maker. This is the kind of book you read first, then leave by your bedside and re-read a bit every day, so you can slowly soak up the wisdom. It is sort of Montaigne but applied to business, with a great investigation of the psychological dimension of decision-making.
I like the book for many reasons --the main one is that it was written by a practitioner who knows what he wants, not by an academic.
Enjoy it.
Jason Fried (Co-Founder/Basecamp)
Finally got to re-reading one of my favorite books: Seeking Wisdom, from Darwin to Munger. Highly recommended.
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