For most of us, ASAP means to hurry up and rush to completion. In contrast, Cage's organ composition ASLSP means "as slow as possible," which has been taken to an extreme with a performance on the Halberstadt organ will last 639 years. Yet, extremes are rarely the best option. Moving too quickly can leave important questions unanswered. Moving too slowly can turn a useful project into an academic exercise. Attorneys face a similar dilemma when preparing contracts. Contracts aren't one-size-fits-all; they must be customized for each situation and relationship, and finding the amount of detail that's "just right" is what turns contract drafting from a science that can use a form or be performed by AI into an art that requires human input.
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