A real estate appraiser was valuing a ranch easement incorrectly at $125,000 because he thought the problem through in only two dimensions (comparable sales per acre times acreage), missing the three-dimensional reality that utility towers would freeze the grade and prevent the optimal three-dimensional development of hilly land (removing hilltops and filling valleys)

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Charlie Munger

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what he had done is what he was taught to do an appraisal school he thought the problem through in two dimensions... you got to do this in three dimensions

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Charlie Munger: Invert, always invertSeeking Wisdom: Value Investing & Worldly Wisdom
Created: 8/11/2026, 8:03:26 AM

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