001: The Desire For Certainty

For the debut episode of The Future Is A Mixtape, Matt & Jesse introduce the concept of "The Poison Pyramid" -- an idea-shape composed of three very bad ideas that shouldn't be part of humanity's shared future. The discussion tackles the first of these bad ideas: Religion.   Mentioned on this episode:   "You know what's cool… a billion dollars"     Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity by R. Buckminster Fuller   Utopia by Thomas More   Saving Spaceship Earth By Matthew Snyder   Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future   HyperNormalization by Adam Curtis   Kim Stanley Robinson says Elon Musk's Mars plan is a "1920s science-fiction cliché"   Cell Phones And Flying · Louis C.K.   "The Four Horsemen"   "An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris" in Glendale, California   On Orientalism by Edward Said   Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Godless Parents Are Doing a Better Job by Tracy Moore