Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Is datafication a means to immortality, or a harbinger of the apocalypse? Brian Michael Murphy's searching, creative new book "We the Dead: Preserving Data at the End of the World" tracks the evolution and growing power of what he terms the "data complex"; the vast quantities of information about us and the infrastructure that supports it. In conversation with Cyberlaw Clinic Assistant Director Jessica Fjeld, Brian shares stories from his research process and challenges our notions of what personal data is and means.
Is datafication a means to immortality, or a harbinger of the apocalypse? Brian Michael Murphy's searching, creative new book "We the Dead: Preserving Data at the End of the World" tracks the evolution and growing power of what he terms the "data complex"; the vast quantities of information about us and the infrastructure that supports it. In conversation with Cyberlaw Clinic Assistant Director Jessica Fjeld, Brian shares stories from his research process and challenges our notions of what personal data is and means.
