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Or is it the ''opposite''? Is the ''process'' it purports to fix an adaptation, an [[extended phenotype]] upon which the whole [[rent-seeking]] infrastructure depends to survive? | Or is it the ''opposite''? Is the ''process'' it purports to fix an adaptation, an [[extended phenotype]] upon which the whole [[rent-seeking]] infrastructure depends to survive? | ||
Which way does the causal arrow flow? ''Who'' domesticated ''whom''? | Which way does the causal arrow flow? ''Who'' domesticated ''whom''? | ||
Staying with this process is not a zero-cost option. This infrastructure is ''monstrously'' expensive. Every year, it costs tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. ''For each firm''. ''[[Contract negotiation]] is not a profit centre for anyone but its practitioners''. | |||
===What to do=== | ===What to do=== | ||
Spend good money ''here'', instead of throwing it after bad money you’ve spent ''there''. Design an open source, open-architecture system with [[feedback loop]]s that push us ''towards'' a simplified, standardised centre, rather than away from it. Emphasise transparency and commonality, not proprietary technology. In essence, build a [https://github.com/ GitHub] for legal terms. | |||
Design an open source, open-architecture system with [[feedback loop]]s that push us towards a simplified, standardised centre, | |||
*'''A centralised hub''' with free, unlimited access for everyone whether as a user or a contributor. | *'''A centralised hub''' with free, unlimited access for everyone whether as a user or a contributor. | ||
*'''Transparent''': Fully version-controlled, transparent — allow people to take, adapt, copy any iteration. | *'''Transparent''': Fully version-controlled, transparent — allow people to take, adapt, copy any iteration. | ||
* | *'''Permissive, open-architecture''': ''We are hopeless at predicting the future''. Design the architecture to be permissive, developable according to evolving need and use, rather designing for an expected future structure from the outset. | ||
*'''Ownership model''': Charity-owned. Model: [https://wikimediafoundation.org/ Wikimedia Foundation]. | *'''Ownership model''': Charity-owned. Model: [https://wikimediafoundation.org/ Wikimedia Foundation]. | ||
*'''A phased approach''': Recognise that development will be slow. Start with what we have: traditional text-based contracts — how folks do things ''now'', for better or worse — expect it to a fully digital, networked, authenticated smart contracts world if that is the best fit. | *'''A phased approach''': Recognise that development will be slow. Start with what we have: traditional text-based contracts — how folks do things ''now'', for better or worse — expect it to a fully digital, networked, authenticated smart contracts world if that is the best fit. |