{"product_id":"how-we-disappear-thomas-s-mullaney-9798228939196","title":"How We Disappear: A Personal History of Information","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant foray into the nature of information, of history, and of making meaning in the face of death and decay.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Our lives are collections of information--from mundane official documents, poignant family photos, and random artifacts to the cues embodied in our genes. Never is this more evident than in the wake of a parent's death. Yet from all these elusive, even evanescent, data points, history is written and a future is made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This information is stored on clay tablets and wood pulp; in vinyl grooves, compact discs, and magnetic patterns; and relayed over undersea cables and satellite cell networks. But all information decays. Everything that we put \"in formation\" eventually collapses into randomness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this wide-ranging examination of the micro and macro, world-renowned scholar Thomas S. Mullaney reflects on the deaths of his parents, and on how human lives \"disappear.\" Lyrical and poignant, his erudite, inspiring meditation offers eye-opening insight on the miracle of existence, and on what it means to forge meaning from a chaotic universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas S. Mullaney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798228939196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tantor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD","brand":"Thomas S. Mullaney","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":48748325929215,"sku":"9798228939196","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-we-disappear-thomas-s-mullaney-9798228939196","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}