Once you’re dead and gone – past the time when anyone that you know is alive – will your digital identity remain? Will your future descendants be able to look at your images and videos, read your writing, and get to know what your life was like here on Earth? Most likely, but currently there […]
Etan Horowitz at the Orlando Sentinel has written two articles that mention The Digital Beyond. The first, “What happens to your virtual world after you die?” is about the fate of online accounts after death. He talks about how people have been affected and what they can do to protect themselves. The other is an […]
Do lifetime Internet bans on individuals (as part of a sentence for breaking the law) amounts to “digital death”? Check out this interesting article by Andrew Moshirnia at Citizens Media Law Project about how the court is using bans as part of sentencing. We’ve been talking about digital death (and afterlife) in context of the […]
I have two friends, Paul and Richard. They only know each other through me. What happens to that social connection when I die? Normally all the social connections created through me after I die may slowly decay. As Richard and Paul die, only the physical artifacts (the photos, letters, etc.) remain. 100 years from now, […]
In the physical world, interactions between people are remembered. Sometimes the interaction leaves behind physical artifacts. Letters are frequently treasured objects – remembrances of love, loss, and revolution. Photos of people long gone often become family heirlooms. That fact that interactions help form our self identity and our bonds to other people reminds us that […]
… along with the promise of a digital after life. The concept of “digital death” and “digital afterlife” are just beginning to enter into the public consciousness. We see a constant stream of writers, academics, and entrepreneurs that are realizing the coming importance of digital death and afterlife. What we know Interacting and expressing yourself […]
The issue of digital death is getting common enough that we can now FAIL to answer the question. http://failblog.org/2009/06/10/yahoo-answers-fail/
Two new articles popped up. Death Often Brings Disputes Over Online Lives by Yuki Noguchi New services promise online life after death by Mallory Simon
Humans seem to have a need for immortality. We also seem to have a need to understand where we came from. So here are two scenarios to help me frame a question: Today What would you give to know how your ancient ancestors lived? Where were they when the pyramids were built, at the birth […]
We’ve seen comments about our presentation at SXSW out on the Web. Thanks for all the great comments. Companies are being born out of death by Lilly Rockwell at Statesman.com Digital Immortals or Just Noise From the Dead? by Laura on the Dell community Web site Outside the Frame: South by Southwest 2009 by Amanda […]
