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You can’t figure out why he’d personally rather be a billionaire and not be liked by everyone vs. not have any money? Which would you prefer?

The people who are so negative about this are completely unrealistic. UCSB is putting students in off-campus hotels right now. There is an incredible housing shortage. Munger is taking a very tangible step to fix it. Some students there live in their cars (plenty of windows, I suppose) Give me a break.

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You don't think setting out a dichotomy of either "being a billionaire" or "not having any money" is a just a tad narrow-minded?

Sure, tangible steps are nice. Even hobbyist billionaire architects are capable of taking tangible steps because it's quite a low bar to clear.

I do find it a bit ridiculous that you call any opposition to the plan "unrealistic", as though Munger is the only architect in the world who can save UCSB from its housing problem.

Some folks can't help worshipping rich people.

> Munger is taking a very tangible step to fix it.

He could just donate the money without trying to micromanage the project. That would help fix the housing shortage just as well.

Seems like a false dichotomy. I'd trade 999 thousandths of those billions to not be unlikable.

Also, they truly exhausted all other options?

No idea why this got downvoted but this is exactly it. Also what's the point of getting a teeny sliver of money for "free" (read: by waiving your right to an opinion) when the entire project is demonstrably rather expensive to start with?

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