Hello visitors! Emma here. Since August of 2017, I've been pursuing a doctoral degree at a state-funded research institution in the Midwest. I'm a Northeastern transplant, which essentially means I come off as… “brash” in these parts. Don't let my tough exterior fool you -- I'm really just a kind-hearted person trying desperately to do my part in saving the world. The thing is, I don't take saving the world lightly. I've always been intrigued by people - why they do the things they do, how they get to the places they are, where they will go in the future, and WHY it seems so difficult for people from different backgrounds to understand each other. Truly, this comes from a belief that at the end of the day, we are all the same. We all have the same or quite similar biological components: we are all born, we all have brains and blood and breath… we have all been and we all are and we all will be . Perhaps most importantly, we all have hearts – literal on...
How can we understand the ontology of a digital thing, as it relates to our own?