Warren Buffett: Well, that’s a very perceptive question, and it’s been answered in a temporary manner, but who knows how the situation will develop in the future? All I know is that you have a wonderful hand at Berkshire Hathaway, but you have to be able to think your way. I mean, obviously, you have to think your way through political realities. You have to think your way for what will cause a. You want to be on. You want to be regarded as an asset to the country because you’ll find more solutions. If you are an asset, you owe to the country anyway. But beyond that, you’ll find more solutions than if you’re regarded as evil or something, and worse yet, if you deserve it. So it’s something that’s constantly in our mind, and it needs to be in the mind of the directors, and they need to think for themselves on this rather than bow to conventional wisdom, which, you know, in a sense, you don’t want to become a cynic about life, but almost everybody that approaches you, if you have tons of resources that’s got some interest in figuring out how to use your resources to their advantage, and that’s true whether they’re in politics or whether they’re in investment banking or whether they’re selling you, well, whatever it may be that they’re selling, I don’t want to do any injury to anybody, but life insurance agents see the advantage of buying life insurance, and investment managers who get paid based on assets managed to get interested in selling you their services.

Warren Buffett: I’d probably say read, Charlie. I mean, he’s expressed it well, and I would. Well, I would say that if they’re not financially well off, if you’re being kind, you’re doing something that most of the rich people don’t do, even when they give away money. But that’s on the question of whether you’re rich or poor. And I would say, if you’re lucky in life, make sure a bunch of other people are lucky, too. Okay. Just in case. You know what my advice to myself would be has been during this period.

沃伦·巴菲特：我可能会说，读读查理的东西吧。他已经表达得很好了。我会说，如果他们不富裕的话，那么如果你心地善良，你在做的是大多数富人即使在捐钱时都不做的事情。但这与是否富裕无关。我会说，如果你在生活中幸运的话，确保让一群其他人也能幸运。好吧，以防万一。你知道，在这段时间里，我对自己的建议是什么。

巴菲特：我可能会说，读芒格。查理已经说得很好了。我想说，没钱也没关系，只要你善良，你就比很多有钱人强。哪怕有钱人捐再多的钱，他们也比不上你的善良。其实，善良与否，和钱多钱少没关系。上天给了你好运气，别忘了分一些给别人。（掌声）

沃伦·巴菲特：嗯，这是一个非常有洞察力的问题，虽然已经暂时得到了回答，但谁知道未来情况会如何发展呢？我只知道你在伯克希尔·哈撒韦有一手好牌，但你必须能够独立思考。我的意思是，显然，你必须从政治现实的角度去思考。你必须思考什么会引发某种结果。你希望站在正确的一边。你希望被视为国家的资产，因为这样你会找到更多的解决方案。如果你是一种资产，无论如何你都是对国家的贡献。但除此之外，如果你被视为邪恶或类似的东西，你会找到更多的解决方案，而更糟糕的是，如果你确实应得这种评价。所以这是我们一直在思考的事情，董事们也需要思考这一点，而不是屈服于传统智慧，你知道，在某种意义上，你不想对生活变得愤世嫉俗，但几乎所有接近你的人，如果你拥有大量资源，他们都会有兴趣想办法利用你的资源来为自己谋利，无论他们是政客、投资银行家，还是向你推销任何东西的人，我不想伤害任何人，但人寿保险代理人看到了购买人寿保险的好处，而基于管理资产获得报酬的投资经理则对向你推销他们的服务感兴趣。