In its place was a heavy-handed adaptation by 17th-century playwright Nahum Tate, who blue-pencilled the tragic double death of Lear and his favourite daughter Cordelia.

This reinforces Morozov's point that the Internet is a double-edged sword: yet it is also a back-handed tribute to the importance of these new media.

Q. Do you think if you were starting off now you would have a double handed backhand? That's all the coaches seem to coach these days.