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Paul Stamets: 6 ways mushrooms can save the world
Tuesday January 20th, 2009 | Posted in Culture & Media
Paul Stamets is a man on a mission. He’s extremely intelligent, extremely engaging, a lover of nature, and a great humanist, so it’s hard not to like him. In this video from the TED conference he’s championing the mushroom, and it’s application in saving the world. It’s interesting because he draws a parallel between the behaviour of fungus in the substrata and the internet! He also mentions an interesting fact that explains why, in sci-fi movies and animations, you always see giant mushrooms in radioactive, post-apocalyptic landscapes! You can also watch it in the extremely elegant surroundings of the TED website.
Thanks to Rebecca and Andy for this.
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July 11th, 2010 at 12:28 am
Yout’, just been going through your blog and this is mindblowing. Good find.
Might be moving to kyushu, find out at the end of the month!
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July 13th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
I love mushrooms. Mike No.2 told me you might be heading out this way. Que Bueno!