Untangling the web how the internet has changed the way we treat death

It is a most basic fact of life: we will all die.

There are no creams, no pills, no incantations that can change this. However, more and more of us have the opportunity to perpetuate ourselves by the grace of overenthusiastic automated Facebook reminders and the digital archives of identity that we upload with pieces of us

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/30/untangling-web-aleks-krotoski-death