The digital dark age: will Gen Z leave anything behind?

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Gen Z produces culture at unprecedented speed, yet its permanence is increasingly uncertain. As digital content disappears into unstable platforms and algorithmic archives, the conditions for a digital dark age emerge. Set against moments like Black Lives Matter and the removal of statues – where contested histories are actively reconfigured – the paradox deepens: a generation simultaneously rewriting history while risking leaving little durable trace of its own.