Kneese, Tamara
Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond
- ISBN 13:
- 9780300248272
- author:
- Kneese, Tamara
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Yale University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 22.1 x 14.7 x 2.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Death & Dying,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond by Tamara Kneese explores how platforms are remaking experiences of death. A compelling collection of case studies reveals the flaws of techno-solutionism, as digital production is always collaborative and undermines the entrepreneurial platform economy. The internet has been a space for people to die and mourn online since its earliest days. However, attempts to preserve the data of the dead often fail due to websites and devices decaying and dying like humans do. This disrupts technologists' plans for platforms, highlighting the limitations of techno-solutionism. The book examines how Big Tech's authority extends not only over people's lives but also their experiences of death. Through internet histories and interviews with digital afterlife startup founders, caretakers of illness blogs, and transhumanist tinkerers, Tamara Kneese takes readers on a tour of the ways platforms and people work together to care for digital remains.
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