C lips of the “epic conversation” (rambling, blokey chat) Rolling Stone orchestrated between Harry Styles and Thom Yorke keep appearing online, and none more often than the one in which Styles declared his laptop has been dead for about six years. “I don’t know where the charger is,” Styles laughed, prompting a predictable rash of “his computer is NOT OK” jokes from 6 Music dads everywhere.

Is this charmingly relatable, or … not? One personal finance influencer declared it “a deeply unlikeable clip”, seeing it as the kind of tech-free flex you can get away with only if you are rich and famous. It’s true that the ability to protect your peace by withdrawing from the brain-liquefying churn of online life is a privilege inaccessible to most people, who need tech to function and earn a living. Opting out means delegating digital drudgery to other people: Christopher Nolan’s determination not to have email must be a massive pain for his entourage.…