Penthouse perfection. But what goes on? What to do there? Better pray there

The incredible Mars Perserverance touchdown is the future we looked forward to. After my previous disillusionment with Ronald D. Moore's For All Mankind – another rocky start, you could say – the show picked up and is now regular viewing. (You just know they're going to pull out Project Orion.) The pace of one episode per week is also welcome. Binge viewing is getting old and TV feels like homework: I don't have time to swot up WandaVision. On the other hand, I don't need to. Social media picks it apart for me, along with everything else.

Growing up, I soaked up science fiction and crime fiction – every pulp novel, TV series and B-movie I could get my hands on. In the landscapes of the future, computer screens were always flashing alert: klaxons, sparks, cockpits bathed in red. That part of the prediction turned out to be true. All I see on my monitor(s) now is opprobrium and judgement and panic.