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Do you want to leave a digital legacy for posterity?  A new app allows it

Do you want to leave a digital legacy for posterity? A new app allows it

A grandmother sings a lullaby for generations to come, an aunt teaches a recipe that has been in the family for years, and a father records a birthday message for a grandson he may never meet.

These are some of the memories, advice and messages that the almayalife.com application allows you to record in audio and video to leave a legacy of “family wisdom” to connect generations over time.

Inspired by “Coconut”the film of Disney-Pixar which posits that existence in the afterlife depends on being remembered, and in the appearances of Obi Wan Kenobi before Luke Skywalker when you need it on “Star Wars”, the Argentine technological entrepreneur Martin Kogan created the app to preserve the most precious of each family in an orderly, safe and private way.

“Since science fiction we always have this idea that all the wisdom of our ancestors can be with us, that it can accompany us”said in Buenos Aires Kogan41 years old.

“My vision, and what I would love, is that all families in the world begin to build a family treasure that will be passed from generation to generation. That treasure contains the wisdom of all the people in the family and unique aspects, from the history of the family to cultural issues such as songs, foods, recipes, famous phrases “he added.

For Kogan, the arrival of digitization and the widespread penetration of smartphones allows “democratize” access to this private social network, which will always offer a free level of use and later will have a paid service with differential variables such as assistance in building the legacy, access to edited videos or a higher level of security.

temporary bridge

The app, which began operating in January but has not yet been formally launched, proposes a journey with questions about different aspects of a person’s life, such as the origin of their ancestors, what happiness is and the meaning of life until advice, jokes, songs and family recipes.

“It’s a new but old habit. What is new is the use of technology, but in human history we have thousands of examples in which characters in history want to make a cultural transmission beyond their own lives”said Kogan, who worked on yahoo, my space And I think Headwaya digital marketing company that he sold in 2017.

The idea is that these questions trigger conversations in the present that last and allow future generations to learn about different aspects of a family.

One of the proposals allows you to schedule the sending of a video or audio at a specific future time, such as a birthday, or on an unknown date, such as the wedding day of a child, even if he or she is gone, messages that may arrive through the designation of a “legacy protector” that the user decides.

“There we began to challenge the idea of ​​time travel a little bit, it is like a temporary bridge is produced because if I receive a message today from a person I love, but who has not been here for 15 years, at the moment the one I am seeing the message is (present) and that moves me “Kogan said.

For Lidia Raggi, a 78-year-old woman who has been doing Reiki and has been working as an end-of-life companion for 10 years, the app is a tool to keep memories and maintain a connection with her daughters and grandchildren, who initially resisted because It made them think of his death.

“When I met Almaya, it seemed to me that the future was here with me. I am almost 80 years old and it seems wonderful to me”said Raggi, who included her husband and three daughters in her network.

“I will record things like when I met your father, we have been together for 62 years… those things that they heard me tell, that I do not remember if I told my grandchildren. I really like that of bringing stories”he concluded.

Source: Gestion

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