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-:— H Lewis (1984)}}The theory goes, so say any number of [[Thought leader|thought-pieces]], that there are two kinds of technology business:
+:— H Lewis (1984)}}The theory goes, so say any number of [[Thought leader|thought-pieces]], that there are two kinds of technology business: ''painkillers'' — those that address acute immediate problems, and ''vitamins'' — those that invisibly guard against problems over the medium to long term.
-{{l1}}'''Painkillers''': Those that address acute immediate problems.<li>
-'''Vitamins''': Those that prevent problems over the medium to long term.</ol>
-This is a threadbare view of the medical profession, let alone the commercial world at large.
 Seeing legal service as something that either masks a deep-seated malaise without addressing it — a “painkiller” — or a quick, cheap and hard-to-prove substitute for the boring work of living a healthy lifestyle — a vitamin — and overlooking important medical functions such as, you know, ''diagnosing'' and ''curing'' patients seems like the classic legal-tech take.
-Still, let us extend what may be just a bad [[metaphor]].
+This is a threadbare view of the medical profession, let alone the legal world. Still, let us extend what may be just a bad [[metaphor]].
 =====Painkillers=====
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