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10 years since #reinventlaw!! I’m not exaggerating when I say that the #reinventlaw Silicon Valley event changed the trajectory of my career. Huge shout out to @computational, @reneeknake and the rest of the team. #legaltech wouldn’t be what it is today without #reinventlaw ✊
On the 10th anniversary of ReInvent Law Silicon Valley, a seminal #legaltech event, @rightbrainlaw and I are presenting 3 days of essays by some who were there, recalling what it meant to their careers. Day 1 is up now, with Dan, @R_Amani and @A_Ninhja lawnext.com/2023/03/reflecti…
Or is it just my post-surgery drugs talking? Given that it’s 12:30 AM I’d probably take a bet on the latter with an over at 70%. But I still like @samuelharden’s care hallucinator and you’re not convincing me otherwise. 😤
Dan Lear retweeted
Sometimes I should not be allowed around Claude. Did I create a case law research site that 100% hallucinates every case on demand? Yes. Is that a terrible idea? Also yes.
I honestly couldn’t love this anymore. When I was in law school I toyed with an idea of a law review from all the craziest law review submissions . . . poetry, fiction, “Harry Potter and the Rule Against Perpetuities” . . . You get the idea. What does the best brief . . . 1/x
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I just point to historic parallels which have not destroyed industries and have, often, grown them.
Airlines (and pilots) with the development of autopilot. Bankers and tellers post the ATM (automatic teller machine).
Even the less perfect example of “computers” (people who compute) getting their jobs eliminated, while their skill set became even more valuable in other emerging jobs.
It’s possible that tech will be the “end of lawyers” as some say, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
In the meantime, it’s VERY easy to show lawyers how to grow/improve their practices … now.
That’s what i like to talk about. Growth.
This was compelling enough to get me to dust off this profile . . . And that means it’s pretty compelling.
Why are personal injury attorneys the marginal bidder for roadside billboards in so many parts of the US? Is the sector really so large? A priori, I would never have predicted this.
Quick investigation: "Costs and compensation paid in the U.S. tort system reached over $529 billion in 2022, or over $4,200 per U.S. household." 2% of US GDP! Also appears to have compounded meaningfully faster than GDP over the past decade.
Achievement unlocked! @NateSilver538 answered my question in a recent SBSQ issue. I’ve been a huge fan of Nate’s since at least 2012, listened to MANY of the 538 politics podcast eps, saw Nate in Seattle a few months ago . . . This is probably getting awkward. Anyway, stoked!
Maybe this take makes me the crotchety old man but this feels like it was inevitable. VCs funded taxis out of existence with ride sharing and now ride sharing has, effectively, become like riding in a taxi.
For the first time in my ~10 years of using Uber, my friends and I have started avoiding rideshare services altogether.
Instead, we’ve been picking each other up or having one of us be the designated driver, rather than relying on Uber or Lyft.
Over the past year (at least in Austin), most of our rides have been disappointing: the driver isn’t the person in the photo, the car is filthy, the driving is erratic, or the driver hits on us — which, to be fair, isn’t always bad, but it can feel unsettling at 1am when you’re being dropped off alone. More often than not, it’s a mix of these issues.
I don’t know if this is a nationwide problem, but it’s wild to see a service my friends and I once depended on become practically unusable.
Honestly, I can’t think of a better time for Waymo to step in.
Ryan Anderson, @filvine CEO, at #lexsummit says “Law firm systems aren’t all connected! Your *e-filing* system doesn’t talk to the rest of your practice management system. . .” Uhhhhh . . .
Been a while since I’ve live “tweeted” an event but fun to see @gyitsakalakis and @ConradSaam rolling their podcast at #lexsummit2024
I remember this episode. It’s 20+ years old - so this kind of thing had a much less political valence to it. Agree that the results were fascinating. I still think about it too.
In one of the most fascinating podcasts I’ve ever listened to, the members of NPR’s This American Life got their testosterone levels tested.
All of the males had very low testosterone; some low enough doctors would recommend medication.
And a trans guest talks about how taking testosterone made them suddenly interested in science.
Had this same experience in Chicago. Sat outside in February at 12 AM for two hours. No help from @Airbnb
Hotels > @Airbnb, a horror story 🫠
It’s 2:30am in London. Flight delayed 3 hours. Raining.
I message our host that we’re going to miss the check in window. There’s a fee. Weird since it’s self check in, but ok
We get to the airbnb and the lockbox doesn’t work.
Rain, rain..