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The backstop needs to be humans.

The rest of the world doesn't want to lose millions due to an exceptional condition in a contract that wasn't apparent on audit.

That isn't how the law works, and that's a good thing.

When it comes to contract disputes you ultimately wind up before a human with hopefully decades of experience trained by a system with centuries of experience which can deploy some level of nuance.

Which is not how geeks think the legal system works. Or if they do understand it works that way they feel that it is flawed. That isn't a flaw, that's a feature.

Sometimes it goes wrong. But if you're ever the beneficiary of a judge going "yeah that contract term was always bullshit. you think you're clever, but i wasn't born yesterday. nullified." then you'll appreciate it.




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