How We Disappear: A Personal History of Information

A brilliant foray into the nature of information, of history, and of making meaning in the face of death and decay.

When world-renowned scholar Thomas S. Mullaney “lost” both his parents, he began thinking of how information—all the stuff that makes us, that we make, and that we leave behind—ultimately disappears. The information that makes up our lives, from mundane official documents, poignant family photos, and sentimental artifacts to the cues embodied in our genes, both defines us, and ...