Berkshire 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.
NigsGonnaNog 0 points 3.5 years ago
Damn, and here I made the mistake he was being generous (kek) or that the design was cost-efficient. It could probably be done for half the money, so assuming the actual cost is 500M, he'd make 300M while projecting the image of a generous philantropist helping poor students in need. In actuallity, it is a grandiose vanity project and an unethical psychological torture experiment, and he probably makes money on top of it, too.
I underestimated his cunning. He's not a billonaire due to giving away free gifts, after all.