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I heard the exact same story that Warren initially thought the book was great, but several of his friends convinced him that he wasn't really seeing how differently he would be perceived after someone had read it.
@mungerish and @LongTermBRK,
With all due respect, Warren doesn't come across as a person who cares about what others (even his friends) think. He repeatedly demonstrated that with his original/unconventional thinking on business, investments and in his personal life (for example marital situation). He once said his idea of making a decision is looking at the mirror. So it's highly unlikely that his opinion of Alice's book changed because of what his friends said.
But you both may know Warren better than me, so who knows? In either case, I respect your opinions and different people often reach different conclusions after reading the same book. And that's what makes life interesting.
