Despite my hesitancy around algorithmic feeds, I could never give up the Internet entirely, because it has brought me too much over my lifetime. Its positives still outweigh its negatives. As it did for Lain, the Internet has defined my life. The question I’m pursuing is not whether we should abandon our digital lives, but how we can improve them, make them even more valuable. (A globalized world seems unlikely to ever forgo digital networks again.)

