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There was an interesting article in WIRED a couple of months ago about how data storage will affect the living and the dead. Some day our lives will be an endless stream of saved pictures, videos, blogs, calendars, etc. (If they aren't already) With data storage capacities on the constant rise, someday we'll be able to store a life-long memorial of someones life on a single hard drive. This may not change burial for dead folks, but it may change how we remember them. From cradle to the grave people will have left a very long stream of data that people will be able to access anytime they want to remember. Kind of creepy...but kind of cool...
Imagine if you could pull up a DVD-ROM of your great-great-grandfather and read some of his journal from when he was your age. It's possible.
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Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul
I wouldn't mistreat you baby, for my weight in gold.
-Son House, Death Letter Blues
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