1914 Christmas Truce

A historical episode Kyle tags in Charlie Munger — The Psychology of Human Misjudgment under the theme of “acknowledging humanity” — the idea that everyone remains a person even when you are shooting at them, a counterweight to the dehumanizing tendencies Munger catalogs.

Context: The Christmas Truce was a series of unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front around Christmas 1914 during World War I, when German and British soldiers crossed no-man’s-land to exchange greetings, bury the dead, and in some places play football.

Where this appears

• Charlie Munger — The Psychology of Human Misjudgment — Kyle’s annotation on recognizing the humanity of an adversary, against Munger’s tendencies toward dehumanization.

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