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but the purpose is not the one you think.
but the purpose is not the one you think.


The contract, remember, is merely a vehicle for replicating its genes: it is not a replicator itself: it is a [[phenotype]]. The best kind of contract is one which will generate lots of little places for lawyers to secrete themselves away snuggle, feeding gently on the words of the contract, spewing out [[without limitation]]s, [[for the avoidances of doubt|for the avoidance of doubt]], and chewing up and recycling the words to that no one else, other than another legal replicator, can understand it.
The contract, remember, is merely a vehicle for replicating its genes: it is not a replicator itself: it is a [[phenotype]]. The best kind of contract is one which will generate lots of little places for lawyers to secrete themselves away snuggle, feeding gently on the words of the contract, spewing out [[without limitation]]s, [[for the avoidance of doubt|for the avoidances of doubt]], and chewing up and recycling the words to that no one else, other than another legal replicator, can understand it.


The contract is like a host.
The contract is like a host.