I remember my first night on the internet. My husband had a big desk PC. I got the address of a friend’s fan website and entered it and a green line appeared, filling in an empty line space for what seemed like hours. I had never “surfed” before. I remember thinking I was seeing the arrival of the future as that green line filled in and, finally, an image popped up. Hello future. When I was younger, I thought that burial of bodies in coffins was obviously going to have to end at some point (now that I’m older, okay, I’m more lured by the illusion that...