Tax forms, credit agreements, healthcare legislation: They’re crammed with gobbledygook, says Alan Siegel, and incomprehensibly long. He calls for a simple, sensible redesign — and plain English — to make legal paperwork intelligible to the rest of us. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 04:26)
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genevieve grady commented on Mar 28 2010
he is so brilliant at what he does. i wish there were more people thinking toward simplicity in these terms. and i wish he would help sort things at my work place! more transparency is needed if the world has any hope of maintaining sanity.
basi world commented on Mar 26 2010
Alan siegel’ s talk about the buisness language simplification is all about with the intention buisness could have to be understood by the common mens also .
Alan siegel indicates the quote of Thomas Jefferson ,” when the subject is strong , simplicity is the only way to treat it ” . it calls for the need of buisness agreements , tax forms , health care legislations simplifed in common english which could be understood by everyone .
He also asks for the removal of large volumes of paper which contains the old laws and much more unwanted things . His view that a 10 page agreement is extended upto 200 or more pages is a wastage of human time must have to considered .
“Simplification” is what the thing which had brought this advanced world .