No. of Recommendations: 25
I'm a long time shareholder and admirer of Warren and especially Charlie (obviously enough)
I had a number of interactions with Alice online and in person after she wrote Snowball.
While I wasn't thrilled about the portrayal of one of my heros initially, I feel she did a very commendable job in a tough situation. At one point at the first or second annual meeting post publication... she asked if I knew what it was like to be hated. She was clearly being shunned for doing what Warren told her to do in terms of not using the most flattering portrayal.
And yes....I heard the exact same story that Warren initially thought the book was great, but several of his friends convinced him that he wasn't really seeing how differently he would be perceived after someone had read it.
I heard an interesting insight from Gad Saad recently. He said he thinks that in many cases the human mind has evolved to win arguments and instead of seeking the truth. That is certainly true in most political discussions.
One of the many things that drew me to the Berkshire "cult" (as Charlie use to jokingly call us) was the truth seeking and the rationality.
The world isn't usually right or left, black or white. It's grey.
As great as Warren is, he's obviously got his flaws, like all of us.
I once sent Charlie a copy of this book.
The subtitle is: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation
https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Obsessives-Compuls...Warren isn't profiled, but certainly could have been. Ted Williams, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Heinz and others are. Alice just did a very detailed version of this book on one amazing guy.
I don't feel like it's taking sides to see things as they actually are, in all probability.
