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“Our tomorrow is the child of our today,” wrote Octavia Butler, who was adept at connecting present, future, and past, in a 2000 essay for Essence. “Through thought and deed, we exert a great deal of influence over this child, even though we can’t control it absolutely. Best to think about it, though. Best to try to shape it into something good. Best to do that for any child.”

The internet arrived in my home as a window, an enchanted portal cut into ordinary domestic space. A window is fixed in place. “I’m going online” meant you were heading to a specific place in the house, along the lines of “I’ll be in my room” or “I’m going to the attic.” To peer into the internet, I had to sit in my parents’ maroon computer chair. To my left, through the non-metaphorical window, I could see telephone wires running down the street, carrying away my messages.