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All The Lucky Ones Are Dead
Some people are lucky, I told my son. What does that mean, he asked. He is 10 years old, so I had to think before I could answer. Well, you know, life has constant ups and downs. When the grand sum of the ups gets huge compared to the downs, then that person is lucky. Oh, like when I play Roblox and someone gives me a bunch of Robux and I buy this magic shirt for my avatar which gives me a billion Robux, and then I take over the server and all the players have to pay me if [...]
Gas Light: Natural phenomena in transactional settings
Gas Light was a theatrical play performed in London in 1938. The play was a cultural hit. It was adapted to film in 1940. A second movie followed in 1944, starring Ingrid Bergman, a classic Hollywood actress known for her luminous beauty. It is a story about crafty manipulation of an innocent victim by a perfidious and homicidal sociopath. It touches on topics such as greed (the plot revolves around stolen gemstones), narcissism, lack of empathy, and malevolence. The victim questions her own sanity and her own hold of reality. “Gaslight” was an influential, high-budget movie. In the aftermath, the [...]
Magic Money: Bitcoin and other crypto reach the world of legal documents
In the last couple of years my interest in blockchain technology progressed from mere curiosity and spectator attitude to one of careful consideration of the practical benefits of the distributed ledger, DAOs and smart contracts. I am not the only one who thinks in that direction. There are others who are already building code to generate one-click-LLC companies, digital escrow agreements, and automated arbitration resolutions in the form of smart contracts. It is possible that 10 years from now, smart contracts will be ubiquitous in the practice of transactional law. As things stand today, lawyers’ understanding of blockchain technology and [...]