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How preserving the voice of the dead becomes controversial grief practice

I saved my father's voicemails and listen to them every morning but my sister says it's preventing me from healing and moving forward.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Technologies that capture presence can extend the relationship with those who have died in ways that others interpret as pathological attachment.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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