I'm blessed that I grew up in a time where there wasn't a persistent video and audio record of everything I did, every mistake I made, every shenanigan I pulled, every not-so-nice thing I said. Being able to learn and grow, and leave your past in the past is a feature of life, not a bug to be fixed. I feel hopeless for my kid who is growing up in a world where almost everything she does out in public is recorded by someone and something, and will be discoverable and searchable forever.