The Digital Future of Grief
Hi-Phi Nation
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The Essence of the Dead
Dr. Deborah Bassett is a digital afterlife consultant and advisor to companies that are trying to preserve the dead in some way. She has conducted extensive interviews with people who have been grieving with digital technologies. Her view is that we should see the digital information left behind by loved ones as something we inherit from them, much like books and furniture. We know that the expression of grief has looked really different across periods of history.
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