Ready Player One is one of those movies that's fun and pretty on the surface but leads to some interesting - and even some troubling - ideas about nostalgia and what sort of future we're walking into. My special guest, Aaron Thorpe, joins me for a meandering conversation about what "the good old days" really means for a generation that increasingly feels futureless.

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