DAOs, Hacks and the Law
I have to admit, I share some of the author's smugness.The world is very, very complex.That is why the law is very, very complex. It covers everything humans do, have done, or will do. Alone, together, in small groups or large groups. As private individuals or public bodies. With real objects or imaginary objects. In their homes, on the street, in public buildings, in private parks. On the ground, under the ground, on the water, under the water, in the air, in orbit, out to the limits of human space.Every day people come to the courts with potentially totally novel combinations of people and events, and the courts guarantee they will make a decision.The courts have been doing this for nearly a thousand years and are still chugging along solving new problems. This should indicate that this is not a permanently solvable problem. The law is an adaptive, dynamic system.All of this is why, as a software engineer who once studied (and mercifully quit) law, I am sometimes bemused by the idea that bodies of law can be ignored or swept away by code.The law doesn't see it that way and in this game, the law gets the final move.