The “Cathedral Effect”

Enter a high-ceilinged room and 3x your creativity. This actually happens and it's called "The Cathedral Effect." The higher the ceiling, the more *space* your thoughts get to stretch and soar. This is why you feel more creative in cathedrals, airports, and under the open sky...

Is this true? I don't know, but I've always felt that way in lofty quiet places. That's why, a long time ago, I wrote, "How to love going to church: a guide for atheists."

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Attorneys Using AI

Westlaw's AI module, called Co-Counsel, does a rather impressive job of reading the notes I scribbled out with pen on paper during a recent client interview. It also does an extremely good job of summarizing deposition transcripts. It excels at some research tasks (not all) and it does a host of other tasks traditionally done by lawyers. As the saying goes these days, AI won't replace lawyers, but lawyers using AI will replace lawyers who don't. That day already seems to be upon us.

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