Ya I've been thinking about this too, that personal shame needs to play a bigger role today.
For example, if I designed a cell phone that wasn't waterproof, I would feel a tremendous sense of personal shame as an engineer.
If I took a campaign contribution and voted against the people I my district, I would feel a tremendous sense of personal shame as an elected official.
And so on and so forth. This lack of transparency, accountability, critical thinking, personal responsibility, professionalism, etc has given us this bizarro world 21st century reality where one rich guy can soil the lives of countless others in a seemingly impeccable way. To name one undesired outcome of this local optimum in the multiverse of possible realities..
Edit: $200 million is nothing to sneeze at, so nothing against Charlie Munger for that. I do wish though that philanthropists would donate without strings attached, or else it ends up being an extension of their egos.
For example, if I designed a cell phone that wasn't waterproof, I would feel a tremendous sense of personal shame as an engineer.
If I took a campaign contribution and voted against the people I my district, I would feel a tremendous sense of personal shame as an elected official.
And so on and so forth. This lack of transparency, accountability, critical thinking, personal responsibility, professionalism, etc has given us this bizarro world 21st century reality where one rich guy can soil the lives of countless others in a seemingly impeccable way. To name one undesired outcome of this local optimum in the multiverse of possible realities..
Edit: $200 million is nothing to sneeze at, so nothing against Charlie Munger for that. I do wish though that philanthropists would donate without strings attached, or else it ends up being an extension of their egos.