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		cynicalkane on Oct 18, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Warren Buffett: Buying Berkshire Hathaway Was $200... Learning lessons is good, but it's preferable to not blow a significant fraction of your net worth learning something you'd probably have learned anyway.

jimbokun on Oct 18, 2010 [–]

Sometimes the lesson isn't really learned any other way.

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