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Perfect as the Enemy of Good, Applied to Estate Planning
The biggest threat to completing a will is not complexity. It's emotionally loaded questions, like who gets Dad's guitar, that cause people to stall and never finish. David's framework for getting it done.
How it works
- 1Get the document done first. "All my stuff goes to my kids equally" is a legally valid will.
- 2Sentimental and specific bequests can be handled in a separate non-binding rider that doesn't tie the executor's hands if circumstances change.
- 3Succession Wills offers lifetime platform access for one flat fee. You can revise whenever life changes, without paying again.
- 4A will should be a living document, revisited after major life events, not a one-time ceremonial act.
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Deterministic Logic Plus Conversational AIMost online will builders are wizard-based forms. You fill in fields, answer dropdowns, and a document gets generated. The problem is that approach assumes you already know what you want. That's almost never true. Succession Wills solves this with a split architecture.The LLM-as-Wireframe MethodDavid's practical framework for using AI responsibly in legal contexts without replacing professional counsel entirely.
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