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