T-Rex: It's fifty years from now, and you die! Let's say you fall in the battle against the hateful aliens of Deltatron 7. It's not important right now!
T-Rex: What IS important is what obituaries will look like then!
T-Rex: When we're all living our entire lives online, what does writing a paragraph that mentions where we were born and who outlived us accomplish?
T-Rex: Wouldn't it be more informative - and easier - to computationally generate a summary of our lives from our blog posts that got the most comments, our tweets that got the most viral traction?
Utahraptor: Oh god, please don't remember me by my tweets. GOD NO.
T-Rex: But the data's RIGHT THERE!
T-Rex: Heck, it wouldn't even have to be official! Just plug in their handles, and a third party could produce a "life highlights" obit on demand.
Utahraptor: Isn't this what Facebook is already doing for "friend anniversaries"? ARE YOU ARGUING IN FAVOUR OF FACEBOOK, T-REX??
T-Rex: OH NO!
T-Rex: Well, I had a good run, but now I am so shamed I must end it all. Friends! If you must remember me, please...
T-Rex: ...remember me as being horny on main
