Why read All the Ghosts in the Machine?

Book cover of All the Ghosts in the Machine: The Digital Afterlife of your Personal Data

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'As charming and touching as it is astute and insightful'
Adam Alter, New York Times bestselling author of Irresistible and Drunk Tank Pink

'This a very useful book, even perhaps for people who have never been near a computer in their lives'
Jake Kerridge, Sunday Telegraph

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Why read it?

1 author picked All the Ghosts in the Machine as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Helen Frisby

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If our traditions of death and burial are products of the past, then what might the future of funerals look like?

I keep going back to this book because it’s such a sympathetic, insightful exploration of how social media and AI are already radically transforming our relationships with our dead. Not only that, but the very nature of memory itself is also changing in interesting ways.

The book deftly articulates both the positives and the shadow sides of grieving in an increasingly digital world, all expressed with warmth, wit, and a great understanding of the complexities of human nature.

From Helen's list on The best books on how to die well: past, present and future.