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TLDR?
by spoon16 15y ago
TLDR?
- nicksergeant 15y agoI read the entire thing and still don't know the context of which it was written. (fiction?)
- karamazov 15y agoNear-future sci-fi, it appears, with a (large) hint of social commentary.
- nicksergeant 15y agoGotcha. Figured as much, but wasn't sure.
- alanh 15y agoI like to say it isn’t sci-fi it doesn’t have social commentary or at least a warning from a possible future.
- NickDouglas 15y agoWithin the next generation or so too, since the first notices were sent by postal mail.
- akeck 15y agoIt seems to be about a typical morning in a world where the capability to sue has been commoditized and automated to the point where everyone sues everyone else for every little rights violation all day long (nanolaw). This makes everyone a "lawyer." Tablet software makes settling the suits that matter trivial - just a tap a box to settle for a few cents or a few dollars. The father experiences this world as somewhat surreal, while it's normal for the daughter.
- geekzgalore 15y agoYes
- rfrey 15y agoNear-future fiction where copyright trolls run the asylum.
- cperciva 15y agoIs this any more of an asylum than what we have today? I'd much rather see a world where $BIGMUSICCOMPANY sues ten million people for $5 each for stealing (oops, I mean violating the copyright on) music rather than a world where an effectively random set of 50 people each get sued for a million dollars. The big problem with legal processes right now is that they have a high frictional cost. If that cost can be brought down -- on both sides, so that suits can be filed more widely for smaller amounts AND people have a reason to defend against frivolous suits -- then I'd say we would be better off, not worse.
- yohui 15y agoThere are some appealing aspects of the future portrayed (an apparently efficient legal system), but taking a step back this does not quite look like where we want to head (the death of privacy and fair-use). It makes the scenario scarier, in some ways, than a clearly dystopian future, as one could see society falling into just such a suboptimal trap, where the gains in one area allow apathy to to shrug off the concerns in another. I hope it's not too much to ask for both legal efficiency and fair copyright laws, not to mention privacy. As for frivolous suits, I think you're right that leveling the playing field will also let the victims retaliate more easily. I'd hope they prove less stubborn than spammers, at any rate; I don't like the idea of spam that carries legal weight.
- brazzy 15y agoWhat makes this scenario extremely scary to me is the proposition that every single person alive would have to spend even 15 minutes dismissing/paying off frivolous lawsuits every single day. Having the overhead of a parasitic legal system spread thin over the entire population doesn't make it any less of a monstrous sink of lifetime.
- jordan0day 15y agoNear-future speculative fiction on the increasing sources of interesting data and data mining. I enjoyed the read.
- protomyth 15y agoA fictional story that IMHO illustrates a future where micro-sueing is established and done in such a manner that the friction of the lawsuits is very low.
- jerf 15y agoNo, it is not too long, and I did read it. Thanks for your kind interest in this matter.
- pbhjpbhj 15y agoWas it really necessary to downvote spoon16's request for a synopsis?
- pbhjpbhj 15y agoCould someone then explain why?