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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: ''painkillers'' — those that address acute immediate problems, and ''vitamins'' — those that invisibly guard against problems over the medium to long term. | :— 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. | ||
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'' | 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 in either case overlooking important medical functions such as, you know, ''diagnosing'' ''and curing patients'' is the classic legal-tech take. | ||
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]]. | 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]]. | ||