Of late, I have found myself gravitating toward science fiction franchises that imagine not advanced technology or seamlessly integrated AI, but something even more improbable and futuristic: a world free from the distractions and degradations of the internet. It may seem perverse to seek solace in “Dune” and “Battlestar Galactica,” fictions about societies that have been ravaged by war and genocide, but characters in both stories are treated to a significant silver lining: After catastrophic brushes with sentient computers, they have sworn off connectivity altogether. However vicious their political infighting and however tyrannical their leaders, they are still spared Andrew Tate videos and QAnon posts.