Look, the fact is that nearly all forms of intelligent life display the trait that we have dubbed "curiosity." We study things for the sole purpose of understanding them, I don't understand why a sentient species that has mastered space travel would look at Earth and decide that it's simply not interesting enough to investigate. Intelligence craves understanding and contact would be the best way to accomplish that. "What is that?" is a powerful and pervasive mindset, it drives science in it's entirety. A technologically superior species is likely to be more interested in answering all questions of existence, from quantum foam to "Why do humans act like that?" Technology is driven by curiosity and curiosity results in understanding, ergo the more knowledgeable you are the more questions you are likely to have, The only reason I see us not being visited are these: 1) We are alone. 2) Faster than light travel is impossible and we are not reachable. 3) Humans scare the living shit out of other sentient species because of our insane proclivity toward self destruction and murder.
Most of your digital content is legally non-transferable, meaning that if you obey the law, the vast majority of your "digital inheritance" no longer belongs to you.
Beyond that, put it all on backup drives. As for online accounts, if you want to keep them, catalogue your user ID and passwords, put them in a letter with your will, and will it to a person of your choosing. Although, if you are like me, you would have also included instructions to continue your FB account with random zombie posts until it is no longer deemed funny.
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Look, the fact is that nearly all forms of intelligent life display the trait that we have dubbed "curiosity." We study things for the sole purpose of understanding them, I don't understand why a sentient species that has mastered space travel would look at Earth and decide that it's simply not interesting enough to investigate. Intelligence craves understanding and contact would be the best way to accomplish that. "What is that?" is a powerful and pervasive mindset, it drives science in it's entirety. A technologically superior species is likely to be more interested in answering all questions of existence, from quantum foam to "Why do humans act like that?" Technology is driven by curiosity and curiosity results in understanding, ergo the more knowledgeable you are the more questions you are likely to have, The only reason I see us not being visited are these: 1) We are alone. 2) Faster than light travel is impossible and we are not reachable. 3) Humans scare the living shit out of other sentient species because of our insane proclivity toward self destruction and murder.
Most of your digital content is legally non-transferable, meaning that if you obey the law, the vast majority of your "digital inheritance" no longer belongs to you. Beyond that, put it all on backup drives. As for online accounts, if you want to keep them, catalogue your user ID and passwords, put them in a letter with your will, and will it to a person of your choosing. Although, if you are like me, you would have also included instructions to continue your FB account with random zombie posts until it is no longer deemed funny.
Resource wars of the future my friend, resource wars of the future.
Market manipulation would be your answer.