> We lose this when everything is recorded forever. I'd argue the opposite, we've amplified this affect. Off-hand statements from the past recorded forever get

> We lose this when everything is recorded forever. I'd argue the opposite, we've amplified this affect. Off-hand statements from the past recorded forever get re-examined through a new lens in the present. What previously might have been totally innocuous become a scandal later. Whenever someone rockets into being main character for the day on the internet, their entire history is pulled up and re-assessed. So like many things, it's amplified by the internet, but largely for the negative.