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| resilients:go_ask_a_mushroom [2013-02-03 21:44] – alkan | resilients:go_ask_a_mushroom [2013-02-04 08:47] – alkan |
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| What possible intelligent natural systems can we look to for inspiration and guidance in the patterning of our human living environments, and for sketching out a kind of positive vision for a coming "afterculture"? How can we innovate more naturally? Assuming that humans are not the only intelligent organisms on this planet, I would try to look into "plant intelligence" in relation to resilient life after culture. Granted, there’s nothing new in assigning to the "mushroom" the role of a multifunctional "world healer," nor in trying to engage this intelligent organism in the remediation of culture and transform everything into mushroom magic, but still -- when talking about collaboration, culture and life, we can’t overlook the lowly mycelium (the vegetative part of a fungus). | What possible intelligent natural systems can we look to for inspiration and guidance in the patterning of our human living environments, and for sketching out a kind of positive vision for a coming "afterculture"? How can we innovate more naturally? Assuming that humans are not the only intelligent organisms on this planet, I would try to look into "plant intelligence" in relation to resilient life after culture. Granted, there’s nothing new in assigning to the "mushroom" the role of a multifunctional "world healer," nor in trying to engage this intelligent organism in the remediation of culture and transform everything into mushroom magic, but still -- when talking about collaboration, culture and life, we can’t overlook the lowly mycelium (the vegetative part of a fungus). |
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| ===Spawning the resilium=== | ===Spawning the resilium=== |
| What layout or design of our environment could be called "nature-logical"? I suggest that it is "open" and links many possible organisms into one heterogeneous kingdom of useful relationships and mutually beneficial connections -- among microbes, fungi, plants, insects, birds, mammals, and all the other inhabitants of our world, including the human species. Each individual organism has multiple roles and is interconnected within the system; edges are optimised and resources reused. Problems, limitations and mistakes are embraced creatively, and the environment thrives. There is no need to impose connections from the outside. The design of this self-sustaining ecosystem differs from the formal, monocultural approach, where the parts are mostly disconnected from each other, serve just one single purpose, and require a lot of labour and resources to maintain. | What layout or design of our environment could be called "nature-logical"? I suggest that it is "open" and links many possible organisms into one heterogeneous kingdom of useful relationships and mutually beneficial connections -- among microbes, fungi, plants, insects, birds, mammals, and all the other inhabitants of our world, including the human species. Each individual organism has multiple roles and is interconnected within the system; edges are optimised and resources reused. Problems, limitations and mistakes are embraced creatively, and the environment thrives. There is no need to impose connections from the outside. The design of this self-sustaining ecosystem differs from the formal, monocultural approach, where the parts are mostly disconnected from each other, serve just one single purpose, and require a lot of labour and resources to maintain. |
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| Learning from these models and principles, the human addiction to domination and the "mono" attitude could gradually change in favour of rotations and symbiotic communities -- just as we in fact are composites and large mosaics of microbes and the disconnected part of one natural whole. What will happen to us? | Learning from these models and principles, the human addiction to domination and the "mono" attitude could gradually change in favour of rotations and symbiotic communities -- just as we in fact are composites and large mosaics of microbes and the sometimes disconnected part of one natural whole. What will happen to us? |
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