Morning Update: Destruction and disruption carry on

Music, technology, innovation, and culture. Fast declines, tech rot, digital decay, and electronic waste. The first four have been with us for decades. The latter four are newer but very much still on the ascent. A 2024 Pew Research Center analysis found that 38 percent of web pages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible, highlighting the impermanence of most online content. Most tech and digital experiences fade in plain sight when humans are distracted and shifting their screen time elsewhere. Others linger somewhere amid the clutter. Technology’s twenty-first-century reshaping...