Billionaire tells California students to live in the pod. Bugs soon to follow?
(files.catbox.moe)https://files.catbox.moe/hwbtjw.jpgBerkshire Hathaway vice-chair (and literal gremlin; based on his picture)...
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...Charles Munger dangled $200,000,000 for a new hall bearing his name to the school; but only if they agreed to make the student housing to his nightmarish vision.
The complex has windowless rooms for the purpose of cramming more students in per square-inch.
When challenged on this, he kept bringing up Disney cruise ships and artificial windows; along with children hating to share bedrooms.
An architect, Dennis McFadden, quit over this.
Munger stands firm on yanking the funding if the school refuses his design.
Archive Links:
https://archive.md/YS9M0 - CBC Radio Interview with gremlin.
https://archive.md/9CuYi - Santa Barbara Independent article on Munger dorm.
https://archive.md/Knz0f - LA Times OP Ed calling it a prison.
https://archive.md/MIOZk - CNN Business article on windowless dorms.