much good has come in the past from standardizing contracts.
Yeah, like what? Most of the standardization I see is designed to strip the consumer of her rights so far as the legislature will allow. I have a very narrow, non-random sample, though—what sort of already existing standardization do you think has produced good results?
And when you talk about machine-readable law, you are attempting to replace not yourself, but judges.
If you think of society as a business, the entire legal profession is a cost center, not a profit center. Litigation per se, as opposed to the consequences of litigation, makes no one happier, wiser, or more fulfilled. The more judges, lawyers, paralegals, and legislators we can put out of business, holding the equity and efficiency of society constant, the more personnel we free up for art, science, parenting, and play.
But your stated goal is to defect on your cartel! Don’t say that in public.
The comments on a discussion page on a rationality blog are “public”? If anyone cares enough to find this comment, they will either (a) be at least vaguely sympathetic by dint of their interest in rationality, or (b) be concerned enough about my activities to invest the time and energy to deduce my true goals the old-fashioned way, i.e., by noticing that I’m a bad liar. But thank you for trying to save my from myself. It’s sweet.
Yeah, like what? Most of the standardization I see is designed to strip the consumer of her rights so far as the legislature will allow. I have a very narrow, non-random sample, though—what sort of already existing standardization do you think has produced good results?
If you think of society as a business, the entire legal profession is a cost center, not a profit center. Litigation per se, as opposed to the consequences of litigation, makes no one happier, wiser, or more fulfilled. The more judges, lawyers, paralegals, and legislators we can put out of business, holding the equity and efficiency of society constant, the more personnel we free up for art, science, parenting, and play.
The comments on a discussion page on a rationality blog are “public”? If anyone cares enough to find this comment, they will either (a) be at least vaguely sympathetic by dint of their interest in rationality, or (b) be concerned enough about my activities to invest the time and energy to deduce my true goals the old-fashioned way, i.e., by noticing that I’m a bad liar. But thank you for trying to save my from myself. It’s sweet.