O.Shane

Lawyer who likes Paine/Henry/Jefferson-type liberty. Former @google. Math @Cornell, JD @uw_law, LL.M. in Admiralty @TulaneLaw. Licensed in CA/WA/WY/CO/ND/TX.

[O.Shane @oshane]

@darlingshawna @McJuggerNuggets Strawman. They absolutely have the agency to do whatever they wish. But what they do yields consequences.

My emotions don’t obligate anyone to do anything. In this case natural law is what controls.

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@robwxperia @McJuggerNuggets Nope.

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@dylanmatt You should use the judgment to seize a better car on the lot

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@RepThomasMassie @MattWalshBlog Hahahaha 🎯

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@AMandoSch I actively avoid practicing in California state courts even though California was my first licensure.

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@ProfRobAnderson In fact, I have cited the split and referenced pre-1981 5th circuit case law as binding in a S.D. Fla. case.

[O.Shane @oshane]

@ProfRobAnderson Immediately, I guessed the Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge.

I am happy to deal with the risk of cruise injury at sea under passenger contracts. I am not inclined to apply maritime choice of law on land. Nothing about the rights and remedies makes sense in that context.

[O.Shane @oshane]

@JoelWebbon This is linguistic, historical, eisegetic nonsense.

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@ProfRobAnderson Envy.

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@ProfRobAnderson @ItzikBasman Backing in runs counter to cultural expectations and is more dangerous.

[O.Shane @oshane]

Love your reply. I concur, insofar as your recommendations would yield a phenomenal outcome—but would still go even further: I would not require any credential-based licensing whatsoever. Let anyone hang a shingle and let the free market, tort liability, and Rule 11 do their work.

[O.Shane @oshane]

@ingelramdecoucy Mafia front Italian restaurants serve outstanding food.

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@ProfRobAnderson I’m one.

[Charlotte Lee @cljack]

My dad, a retired Bell Labs physicist, has been quietly resigned for many years to the fact that neither of his kids are smart enough to understand and appreciate math & physics the way he does. But now it's becoming clear my 11yo is terrifyingly smart, she engages with him on mathematical puzzles in a way I've simply never been capable of, and hope is returning to his eyes. It's both wonderful and heartbreaking for me to witness

[O.Shane @oshane]

@DietCoke_Esq Chef 🇫🇷 means Chief so save it for when you are admitted to the French bar.

[O.Shane @oshane]

Absolutely remarkable and brilliant systems management. @elonmusk

[Race @multiplanet1]

Elon Musk once sent a company wide email to every Tesla employee at 1:17am.

The subject line was one word. "Productivity." The email said if a meeting doesn't require your direct contribution, leave. If a rule doesn't make sense, don't follow it. If a communication chain requires six people to relay a message that could go direct, skip the chain. He said anyone at Tesla has permission to email or talk to anyone else at Tesla, including him, without going through their manager.

He said large meetings are the blight of big companies. That most meetings should be three people or fewer. That if you're not adding value to a meeting you should walk out. Not rudely. Just leave. Nobody should be offended. What should offend people is wasting each other's time.

This email leaked and went viral because it violated every rule of corporate management. No hierarchy. No chain of command. No scheduled updates that exist because they've always existed.

Every other car company runs on process. Tesla runs on a 1am email that says stop following processes that don't make sense.

The difference between Musk and most CEOs isn't intelligence or vision. It's that most CEOs manage systems. Musk deletes systems. He treats every process as guilty until proven innocent. Every meeting as worthless until proven necessary. Every rule as an obstacle until proven useful.

Most companies die from rules they were too polite to question. Musk questions them at 1am and hits send.

[O.Shane @oshane]

@AMandoSch 281175. KEK!

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@ProfRobAnderson I think you should write a law journal article about this so it’s memorialized forever.