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I disagree. As just one counterexample, consider the mycorrhizal fungal networks that mediate access to nutrients among trees--they've been doing their job wit
by __MatrixMan__ 5y ago
I disagree. As just one counterexample, consider the mycorrhizal fungal networks that mediate access to nutrients among trees--they've been doing their job without centralized intervention for billions of years.
If it seems like everything that we build is centralized, it might just be that we're bad at building things that last.
- quinnjh 5y agoOr bad at building things that decompose...
- meheleventyone 5y agoLike the Internet? I actually think we could be good at building these sorts of things if we let go of the profit motive for doing so. History shows that we have been.
- user_named 5y agoThe tree is the center.
- __MatrixMan__ 5y agoThese networks handle the exchange of resources (nitrogen, phosphorous, etc) between trees. So far as I know, there's no reason to believe that there's a "leader tree" or anything like that.