The Question You Don’t Think to Ask Until You Really Want the Answer
Some questions don’t occur to you until the exact moment you want the answer. What was Dad like when he was my age? How did Grandma meet Grandpa?…
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The MiMir Blog
Stories about stories.
Ideas for starting the conversation, notes on privacy, and news from the team building MiMir.
Digital Persona Rights Article 8 – AI Impersonation Fraud and the Future of Identity
By: Scott Harris When Artificial Intelligence Can Pretend to Be You Not long ago, a friend of our family got a call from his wife. At least, that’s…
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The Family Memories We Capture, and the Ones We Forget
Capturing a memory takes almost no effort these days. There’s always a phone nearby with the camera ready, and in seconds a special moment can be photographed, recorded,…
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Digital Persona Rights Article 7 – The Next Identity Rights Debate of the AI Era
By: Scott Harris Why Identity May Become the Most Important Digital Right Over the last several posts I’ve been working through an idea that’s only starting to enter…
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The Wisdom We Don’t Realize We’re Losing: Why Every Family Story Matters
Every family carries lessons you won’t find in a textbook or an internet search. They live in the memories of the people who lived them: a grandfather’s advice…
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Beyond the Photo: The Stories We Lose at Family Gatherings
Every year, families come together to celebrate life’s biggest milestones. Weddings put several generations under one roof. Reunions reconnect relatives who may not have seen each other in…
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Digital Persona Rights Article 6 – Children, Social Media, and the Future of Digital Persona Rights
By: Scott Harris Who Controls a Child’s Digital Identity in the Age of AI? As a member of our local Little League board, I’ve been pulled into more…
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Digital Persona Rights Article 5 – Who Owns the Data That Teaches AI to Be You?
By: Scott Harris Why AI Training Data May Be the Next Frontier of Digital Persona Rights So far in this series I’ve written about deepfakes, digital footprints, and…
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Digital Persona Rights Article 4 – Digital Afterlife Rights: Who Controls Your Identity After You’re Gone?
By: Scott Harris There is almost no video of my father. My mother was still working when smartphones became common, so we have some of her, but next…
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The Stories We Lose When We Don’t Ask Questions
For a lot of families, memories live in fragments: a few old photographs in a shoebox, a handwritten recipe card stained from years of use, a story retold…
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