Every imaginable sneer was levelled at it, but one I noticed used repeatedly was “cosplay”. When anyone over 30 who’s not dressed as an elven archer wields that term, they mean it pejoratively.

It’s been almost a week since young X Æ A-12 went on a field trip on Dad Elon Musk’s shoulders to the Oval Office, and it continues to gnaw at the brain. The tape of their afternoon—the ...