The 80/20 Principle

The 80/20 Principle

What a Belize dive guide taught me about tech

Most lawyers approach AI tools the way over-equipped tourists approach scuba diving. There’s a better way.

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Ernie the Attorney
May 08, 2026
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I learned to scuba dive through a program run by a dive shop. The shop loved selling gear. Wetsuits, underwater writing tablets, all kinds of accessories. My fellow students got swept up in it. They were focused on looking like divers instead of learning how to dive.

Then I went to Belize.

The minimalist guide

Our guide was a guy named Ramon. He’d been a f…

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