Digital Immortality and the Race to Preserve Cultures

San Francisco – I was at the 2025 Big Game (football) in Palo Alto, Cal vs Stanford, and during halftime I had an interesting conversation while in a long line for refreshments with “Evelyne”, a Stanford graduate student from Francophone West Africa who studied...

Coco and the Second Death: How Technology Could Defeat Forgetting

San Francisco, CA — In 2017, Pixar’s Coco captivated audiences worldwide with its heart-warming music, vibrant imagery, and moving portrayal of Mexico’s Día de los Muertos traditions. Yet beneath its colorful surface, the film offered one of the most profound...

Preserving the Family Legacy: How Digital Immortality Reinforces the Three Capitals of Family Wealth Management

San Francisco, CA – In the evolving world of family wealth management, a quiet revolution is underway—one that blends time-honored principles with cutting-edge technology. The bridge between legacy and innovation is being built through “digital immortality,” a concept...
Memory Video of my Parents

Memory Video of my Parents

My mom died when I was five years old from cancer, and my dad had a stroke that led to dementia when I was 24 – he passed away eight years later in 2014.  Having lost both parents early in my life and only having a few memories (in my mom’s case, no vivid memories)...
A Painting Worth a Thousand Memories

A Painting Worth a Thousand Memories

Growing up in a suburb outside of Sacramento, one of the first field trips I remember from my childhood was at the Crocker Art Museum. My mom had volunteered as one of the parent chaperones. I remember going through the exhibits, anxiously waiting to get to the next...