The Latticework of
Mental Models,
Decoded.
Every Charlie Munger speech, DJCO transcript, and Wesco letter from 1986 to 2023 — transformed into a fully mapped knowledge graph of mental models, human misjudgment, and worldly wisdom.
Browse Speeches →“To the man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. You need a latticework of mental models.”
Charlie Munger · USC Business School, 1994
Speeches & Talks
118 speeches and DJCO transcripts from 1986–2023. From the Harvard commencement address to his final DJCO Q&A — every major Munger talk, fully indexed.
Concepts
52 core mental models — from inversion and the latticework of knowledge to lollapalooza effects and the psychology of misjudgment.
People
19 figures — Buffett, Graham, Li Lu, Fisher, and the thinkers Munger drew on across physics, psychology, biology, and philosophy.
The Munger Latticework
Mental models ranked by frequency of appearance across all speeches and transcripts.
Latest from Munger
Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2024
Then, in the back of this first section… (Introduces the directors: Howard Buffet, Susan Buffett, Steve Burke, Ken Chenault, Chris Davis, Sue Decker, Charlotte Guyman, Tom Murphy Jr., Ron Olson, Wally Weitz, and Merrill Whitmer.) WARREN BUFFETT: Okay, there are two people I would like to thank, and then we'll get on to a brief description of the results of the first quarter.
Daily Journal Corporation Annual Meeting 2023
I also want to say that we really wanted to return to an in-person format this year with an audience of our shareholders actually here with us and with the other members of our Board, Mary Conlin and John Frank joining us on stage.
Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2023
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.
Why America Should Ban Crypto
All this wild and wooly capitalism is much like that described in a remark often attributed to Mark Twain, who was thought to have said that “a mine is a hole in the ground with a liar on top." Such wretched excess has gone on because there is a gap in regulation.
Acquired Podcast Interview — The Only Longform Podcast
In his final extended media interview, Munger spoke with the Acquired podcast about his entire career — from his childhood in Omaha through his real estate ventures, the partnership with Buffett, and the building of Berkshire.
Charlie Munger: A Life of Wit and Wisdom — CNBC Final Interview
It’s certainly a peculiar example of one life. It’s interesting that a man who started out to be a lawyer ended up with an identity that’s more like a guru’s than a lawyer’s.