The unbearable memeness of being

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Quick Take

  • The “code is law” meme is hackneyed, overused and misunderstood
  • When memes are mistaken for heuristics they can wreak havoc
  • Reducing legal cases to memes is also hazardous, as misreporting of the Kleiman v. Wright sanctions order demonstrates
I like a good meme as much as the next person, but you have to take them for what they are worth and sometimes they aren’t worth much more than a chuckle or a ponder. Software development in general and “crypto” in particular are full of memes — it’s a veritable meme factory. A couple of years […]
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