Halcyon Identifies

 

An online memorial site allows family and friends to gather and remember loved ones through stories, photos etc.

"Digital wills" are growing in popularity, as people try to ensure that they can leave an online legacy of their thoughts and desires.

A new technology based on carbon nanotubes promises to preserve individual bits of data permanently, which, it is claimed, could lead to data archives holding the entirety of human communication, potentially forever.

Is there a formula for a good life?  For 72 years, leading academic researchers have examined this question, following 268 men through war, career, marriage, (grand)parenthood and old age.

• Identity/Legacy - is Generation X, whose members are currently in or moving into positions of power, dominated by "nomad" personalities and if so, what legacy will this provide for the so-called "millennials" who come next? 

Responses - 21/01/08

• Legacy/Memory - in some countries, sound archives are being created to record first-hand experiences of as wide a cross-section of present-day societies as possible.

Problems - 25/09/07

• Legacy/Youth - might young people born in the digital era be more connected to each other, but less connected to their cultural heritage, "chatting" more but reading less; playing more, but learning less than preceding generations?