We are living in the era of the mushroom. Recent studies of mycelium – the web-like, vegetative structure from which mushrooms flower – have confirmed its ability to send and receive communication between fungi, trees and other plants, a decentralized form of thinking without the use of a central brain. Correspondingly, fungi have become the metaphor of choice for technologists to encapsulate new modes of thinking, collaboration and communication. The pseudonymous inventor of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, was allegedly a mycologist, and the decentralized design of the digital currency resembles mycelium in code. Science fiction has also taken note: Star Trek: Discovery (2017–ongoing)
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