Download This PaperThe Grand Challenges of Death in the 21st Century
Öhman, C. (2018). The Grand Challenges of Death in the 21st Century. Swissfuture, Magazin für Zukunftsmonitoring, (01 May). pp. 16-18. Luzern
5 Pages Posted: 30 May 2018
Date Written: May 1 , 2018
Abstract
Internet users leave vast volumes of online data behind when passing away. This has given rise to a new form of economisation of death, what is here referred to as the ‘Digital Afterlife Industry’. In this article, I present some of my research on this phenomenon, and identify a series of macroscopic, microscopic and conceptual challenges that arise from it.
Keywords: Digital Afterlife Industry, Online Death, Challenges, Ethics, Political Economy
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Öhman, Carl, The Grand Challenges of Death in the 21st Century (May 1 , 2018). Öhman, C. (2018). The Grand Challenges of Death in the 21st Century. Swissfuture, Magazin für Zukunftsmonitoring, (01 May). pp. 16-18. Luzern, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3179988
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