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b"[**N.B.** This episode contains a very brief discussion of plot points in the movie, _Finding Dory_. Skip from `0:15:41` to `0:19:33` to avoid minor spoilers.]\\n\\nThis week kicks off with a discussion on the nature of inflammable jammies and general rehearsals for panic. There's some quick FU on Ted Leo, followed by some lessons of _Finding Dory_.\\n\\nThis leads to yet \\U0001f44f another \\U0001f44f dive into Pixar films and what your hosts compulsively crave from them. Like: what would happen if Pixar went Full-Metal-Kubrick on creating a seriously committed sci-fi movie for grownups? \\n\\nIn passing, your hosts agree that _Game of Thrones_ is really good, and that Sansa Stark is most definitely a serious badass.\\n\\nThe main topic this week is\\u2026\\U0001f4ab **The Fuuuuuuture!** \\U0001f4ab\\n\\nTo wit: Merlin can't contain his fascination and admiration with how John's rationality and long view of history has colored and redirected his own conceptions about what the future holds.\\n\\nHow does John evaluate and interpolate new technology? How should inchoate cultural vectors inform our thinking? Why do some kinds of change take such improbably more time than others? And how much do we *really* want to learn about cannibalism?\\n\\n(_Episode recorded 2016-06-21_)"