Munger's answer to the 'greatest historical mind for lunch' question was that he'd already met them all — he just went through a book and met Ben Franklin, skipping the restaurant entirely. The anecdote reframes reading not as study but as direct access to the best thinkers who ever lived, available on demand, at zero marginal cost. For Munger, a library card was a more powerful social network than any room he could sit in.
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