Even China is trying to get rid of lawyers.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/chinese-courts-increasingly-use-blockchain-technology-to-settle-cases

Chinese Courts Increasingly Use Blockchain Technology To Settle Cases

On Dec. 5, China's official Xinhua news agency reported that more than 3.1 million Chinese litigation activities from March to October of this year were settled through the blockchain and AI-powered smart internet courts.

In these “courts of the future” citizens are able to communicate with non-human, virtual, AI-powered judges in front of multiple screens, which negates the need for them to physically appear in court. The system also creates the possibility for citizens to receive their court decisions by text or through major messaging services.

… In April, Zhang Wen, president of the Beijing Internet Court, reportedly said that the court employs technologies such as AI and blockchain to render judgment. Zhang said at the time:

"In the current use of AI as an assistant to make rulings, efficiency is prioritized over accuracy.

… In September of last year, China’s Supreme Court ruled that evidence authenticated with blockchain technology is binding in legal disputes. The Supreme Court declared that "Internet courts shall recognize digital data that are submitted as evidence if relevant parties collected and stored these data via blockchain with digital signatures, reliable timestamps and hash value verification or via a digital deposition platform, and can prove the authenticity of such technology used."

Another list to ponder.

https://www.bespacific.com/the-best-books-of-2019/

The Best Books of 2019

Five Books – Best Books of 2019 – “Every year, we approach experts and ask them to recommend the best books that have been published in their field that year. Below you’ll find all our best books of 2019 reading lists as they are published on Five Books. (Our best books of 2018 and 2017 lists are also still available: those books are also well worth reading!).