What About Our Digital World? - Dying2Learn

Going online

We check the news, read e-mails, catch up with friends and family on Skype or Messenger, and search for information.

Our digital world is now so ordinary, it is hard to conceive of the scale of Internet activity.

The amount of time that Australians are spending online may be surprising.

'We are social' website presents some highlights from the Digital 2021 Global Report describing some of the interesting statistics of how Australians behaved online during 2020.

View the We are Social blog page

View highlights from the Digital 2021 Global Report as reported in the We are social blog

Digital legacy

So what’s going to happen to all your digital content and social media accounts when you die?

Your digital world is a just as much a part of your estate as your house or your car.

What do you have digitally that will be left behind? And what do you want to have happen to the digital footprint you leave behind?

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has some suggestions on how you can plan your digital legacy.

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Digital health trends

So, what is going to influence our care in the next decade?
A few ideas for you to think about:

AI transforms data and we are collecting more health data than ever before

Artificial Intelligence
AI transforms data and we are collecting more health data than ever before
Drug development processes
COVID-19 has reformed how we design, make and trial drugs and vaccines
Remote working and videoconferencing
How we interact in business and deliver health care through a distributed workforce via networking platforms
5G
Enhanced connectivity doesn’t just mean you can download your Netflix quicker; it means we can do new things we hadn’t thought possible before
Seeing a new world
Extended Reality (XR) or Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/MR)
Online education and e-Learning are now mainstream

Your digital checklist
What do you start everyday catching up online?

Facebook
Instagram
WhatsApp
We Chat
LinkedIn
Twitter
Snapchat
Other social media accounts
Looks like you have some digital accounts and assets.

What do you want to have happen to them?
Three simple things can help:
1. Make a list of your digital assets. This can include movies, ebooks, music and other media, digital photos, online accounts, social media, email accounts, online storage and backup services such as Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Apple's iCloud, Dropbox
2. Make a plan for what you want to happen. Most social media platforms now have settings where you can make decisions what you want to happen to your accounts on your death. You can download and save photos or other assets you want family or friends to have.
3. Store details of accounts and passwords (in a safe place!). This can than be sorted out along with your will and your estate.
The eSafety Commissioner has good advice on how you can help your loved ones by planning what will happen to your digital presence after you pass away. Check it out at https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/how-to/digital-legacy
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Last updated 02 August 2021

What about our digital world