One year, about 1961, when Warren and Susie were visiting the Oranses in New York, Buffett spent much of the evening arguing that overpopulation was the world’s most serious problem. It was a typically Buffett-like position: logical and mathematically derived. Also, it touched on his morbid fear for human survival. But Buffett wasn’t confrontational about it; his touch was much lighter. Quoting Jane Orans: He injected it all with humor. He was very convincing, very logical, but it wasn’t lecturing. He made you feel you had reached the same conclusion with him, though obviously he had given it
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