In one of Charlie Munger’s most popular speeches, titled “The Psychology of Human Misjudgment”, he discusses human behavior.
7 min read · Oct 4, 2023
--
In which way authority can exert influence on us?
How does the action or inaction of our surroundings influence us?
And what happens when many of those tendencies are at work at the same time?
What are ways to be aware of those (often) unconscious tendencies?
This Article is Part Three of a Three Part Series (Part 1, Part 2), in which we take a look at many of the Mental Models Charlie Munger gave in his speech “The Psychology of Human Misjudgment”.
Authority-Misinfluence Tendency
The tendency to follow/obey authority figures and because they are authority figures, put more trust than usual in them.
“Living in dominance hierarchies as he does, like all his ancestors before him, man was born mostly to follow leaders, with only a few people doing the leading.”- Charlie Munger
What is if the authority is wrong? Or the authority ideas are not received correctly?
