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Re: Show HN: LastShelf – an emergency map of your family's documents bills& contacts

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Post by fragmede »

edoceo wrote: post #17
sbrown12 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We definitely do not intend to replace estate lawyers or executors who create these documents and manage their execution. Our goal is just make it easier to gather all the critical documents, contacts, bills, etc...and share clear instructions for what to do when so families know what exists and what next steps are during a stressful time.

Yea, I hear you on that. The point is that the answer is known and folk don't do it anyway - like "eat more vegetables". It's an awareness and action problem. There are dozens of tools exactly like this. Many are designed by someone dealing with it the first time (maybe this is another case). And they solve the easiest part of the shit situation. This component and all the other harder ones would be sorted by a plann…

Because it's shiney and new and costs money? It's like paying for a gym membership. Because it costs money incentivizes you to use the membership.

Re: Show HN: LastShelf – an emergency map of your family's documents bills& contacts

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Post by BrandoElFollito »

I have this for years, as a google docs shared with some people and a printout.

This is basic decency for the ones that remain and taboos should not be a reason to not do this.

It is a how to on hiw to connect yo my data, including butwarden (where the important logins are shared anyway), all banks, investment companies etc.

I also added a section on how to dumb down my smart home, but this is a niche case.

Re: Show HN: LastShelf – an emergency map of your family's documents bills& contacts

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Post by lwhsiao »

sbrown12 wrote: post #4
lwhsiao wrote: post #2

One thing that I couldn't understand from the website: how is this triggered? This sounds useful, but I also want an automated way to distribute the information when needed. Maybe a dead man's switch of sorts? For example, suppose I'm a single adult, and I set this all up. Then I go for a hike and disappear forever. How can the trigger of distribution happen?

In our earliest versions we experimented with a dead mans switch, but feedback was that folks would forget to reply to the monthly keep alive and we'd risk triggering too many false alarms. So we opted for picking trusted family members who you grant ongoing read only access. That way in an emergency, they already have the access they need to act. We're 100% open to the idea of a dead man's switch, just want to find…

> So we opted for picking trusted family members who you grant ongoing read only access. That way in an emergency, they already have the access they need to act.

I'd just comment that this is probably a dealbreaker in some cases. Just because I would want a trusted family member to have access to my accounts/trust/will/etc. after my death is a _very_ different question than whether I would want them to have read-only access while I'm living.

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