David Christian: The history of our world in 18 minutes. Any Given Sunday - joseph - Asperity Employee Benefits Ltd Mail. Stanley McChrystal: Listen, learn ... then lead. Devdutt Pattanaik: East vs. West -- the myths that mystify. How context shapes content: Rodney Mullen at TEDxUSC. 6 ways mushrooms can save the world: Paul Stamets on TED.com.
Mycologist Paul Stamets studies mycelium and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world. Cleaning polluted soil, creating new insecticides, treating smallpox and maybe even the flu … in 18 minutes, he doesn’t get all the way through his list, but he has plenty of time to blow your mind. An audience favorite at TED2008. (Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 17:44.) Watch Paul Stamets’ talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances. Get TED delivered:Subscribe to the TEDTalks video podcast via RSS >>Subscribe to the iTunes video podcastSubscribe to the iTunes audio podcastGet updates via Twitter >>Join our Facebook fan page >> Subscribe to the TED Blog >> I love a challenge, and saving the earth is probably a good one.
I want to present to you a suite of 6 mycological solutions using fungi, and these solutions are based on mycelium. (photo of Dusty Yao walking through northwestern rainforest) Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? David Bolinsky: Visualizing the wonder of a living cell. Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight.
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