Big tech, big data, big money. Thatâs why Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are all-powerful and all-seeing. Collectively, they know everything about everybody, monetize that knowledge with mysterious algorithms and control our lives while pretending to help us understand the mysteries of existence. Thatâs why I turned to Google to understand two of those mysteries: How do we die and what do we do with all of our stuff? For my advanced age (born the day that FDR was elected to a third term, so do the math) Iâm in great health, but I have too much stuff. How long can I hang on to my treasures (art on the walls, books everywhere, a basement full of things that Iâll probably never look at again but still want to keep) and how/when can I expect to croak?