TY - JOUR
T1 - Internet memory and life after death
AU - Bryson, J.J.
PY - 2012/7/1
Y1 - 2012/7/1
N2 - Can the digital revolution lead to permanent memorials, or even a sort of Internet-based immortality? By reviewing the nature of human intelligence, this article shows that an individual's memory and ideas cannot operate directly without the human body in which they were developed. Further, there is no meaningful way in which technology can allow indefinite access to our culture. However, our lives and actions do influence the thoughts and actions of those who are living, and the Internet can enhance this influence even after our death.
AB - Can the digital revolution lead to permanent memorials, or even a sort of Internet-based immortality? By reviewing the nature of human intelligence, this article shows that an individual's memory and ideas cannot operate directly without the human body in which they were developed. Further, there is no meaningful way in which technology can allow indefinite access to our culture. However, our lives and actions do influence the thoughts and actions of those who are living, and the Internet can enhance this influence even after our death.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84864593708&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02682621.2012.710494
U2 - 10.1080/02682621.2012.710494
DO - 10.1080/02682621.2012.710494
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84864593708
SN - 0268-2621
VL - 31
SP - 70
EP - 72
JO - Bereavement Care
JF - Bereavement Care
IS - 2
ER -