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Re: Show HN: Posterity Automations – Get things done from the afterlife

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Post by soco »

calicocoa wrote: post #9

This is really interesting. The site is very beautiful! I'm curious: let's say I'm 30 years old. How can I be sure that 'posterity.life' will be around if I live a full and long life. A _lot_ can change in fifty years. This seems like an obvious concern and I don't see it covered in your FAQ. This is not hypothetical. There are many similar (not identical) services that are no more. See SafeBeyond for one such exampl…

I see a market opening: a service to track and manage the afterlife of afterlife services.

Re: Show HN: Posterity Automations – Get things done from the afterlife

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Post by DeathArrow »

mohamedattahri wrote: post #7
taubek wrote: post #6

This is for USA only?

For the time being yes. It’s the only place where we know how to reliably verify someone’s death. What other country are you interested in?

>It’s the only place where we know how to reliably verify someone’s death.

No need to verify. You can modify the software to trigger if it doesn't receive periodic signals from someone.

Re: Show HN: Posterity Automations – Get things done from the afterlife

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Post by mohamedattahri »

calicocoa wrote: post #9

This is really interesting. The site is very beautiful! I'm curious: let's say I'm 30 years old. How can I be sure that 'posterity.life' will be around if I live a full and long life. A _lot_ can change in fifty years. This seems like an obvious concern and I don't see it covered in your FAQ. This is not hypothetical. There are many similar (not identical) services that are no more. See SafeBeyond for one such exampl…

This is a good question.

The way to think about us is more like a home insurance. When you purchase a policy, your home is covered if something happens to it for one year. When it expires, you can renew it again. If the insurance goes out of business, you can choose another carrier or find another alternative.

It’s not so different with us. You purchase a subscription, and it covers you for one year if you pass away during that time, and you can renew it afterwards.

The services we offer never extend more than 6 months after one’s passing, so you don’t have to really be worried about us being in business for more than 18 months after you become a user, which is really not excessive and in the ballpark of most other services you use.

Edit — Typo.

Re: Show HN: Posterity Automations – Get things done from the afterlife

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Post by DJBunnies »

DeathArrow wrote: post #14
mohamedattahri wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the time being yes. It’s the only place where we know how to reliably verify someone’s death. What other country are you interested in?

>It’s the only place where we know how to reliably verify someone’s death. No need to verify. You can modify the software to trigger if it doesn't receive periodic signals from someone.

That is quite the opposite of verification/its intent.

Re: Show HN: Posterity Automations – Get things done from the afterlife

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Post by mohamedattahri »

A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote: post #17

Love the idea ( played with similar concept, but could not push it past the design stage ) and the approach ( manual verification as opposed to say.. automatic email check ). I think you did the right way. Good luck!

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Posterity Automations – Get things done from the afterlife

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Post by idlewords »

This kind of product/service is launched every few years, but unless users hurry they find they typically outlive them. It would be very interesting to see a post-mortem of the various "schedule stuff to happen after you die" projects, at least one of which I believe was YC funded.

Re: Show HN: Posterity Automations – Get things done from the afterlife

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Post by mohamedattahri »

DJBunnies wrote: post #16
DeathArrow wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>It’s the only place where we know how to reliably verify someone’s death. No need to verify. You can modify the software to trigger if it doesn't receive periodic signals from someone.

That is quite the opposite of verification/its intent.

Yeah, dead-man switches are risky when there’s a lot at stake and you forget your password.

An alternative we’re considering is the death files published by the SSA if you provide us with your SSN.

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