This is more evidence that there should be a minimum-reading-time requirement for contracts to be considered valid.<p>We now have the capability to algorithmically generate an estimate of how long it should take an average person to read any given text. Take something like 3&#x2F;4 of that time (this value is tunable), and if a person wasn&#x27;t given at least that much time to read a contract, then there patently cannot be a &quot;meeting of the minds&quot;[1] and the contract was never established.<p>This removes much of the social pressure against holding up the line, and discourages extra-long contracts. <i>Every</i> contract should be read and understood completely.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Meeting_of_the_minds" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Meeting_of_the_minds</a>