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Hence, [[negotiation]] was necessarily bounded by the effort and time in recreating and circulating the document — by ''post''. The lawyer’s art was to say something once, clearly and precisely. Since any editing was clearly [[waste]]ful, superficial amendment was not the apparently<ref>But not actually. See: ''[[Waste]]''.</ref> costless frippery it is today. | Hence, [[negotiation]] was necessarily bounded by the effort and time in recreating and circulating the document — by ''post''. The lawyer’s art was to say something once, clearly and precisely. Since any editing was clearly [[waste]]ful, superficial amendment was not the apparently<ref>But not actually. See: ''[[Waste]]''.</ref> costless frippery it is today. | ||
Twenty years later, lawyers had computers on their desks. The | Twenty years later, lawyers had computers on their desks. The office manager’s refrain<ref>I had an office manager say this to me, as a young attorney. True story.</ref> “''we don’t pay lawyers to type, son''” was losing force. By the millennium, you didn’t even need a business case ''to get the internet''. | ||
Suddenly, | Suddenly, you could spawn documents, tweak clauses, shove in [[rider|riders]] — endlessly futz around with words. Generating and sending documents was free and instantaneous. It was like the sorcerer’s apprentice | ||
Suddenly contracts were concluded in a flash, right? | Suddenly contracts were concluded in a flash, right? | ||