6 ways mushrooms can save the world | Paul Stamets | TED

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as an engaging, down-to-earth talk on the world-changing potential of fungi.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

TED

Topic

mycology and fungi

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• Paul Stamets is a fascinating person. You're right, the Star Trek character is named after him [0]. I remember hearing, perhaps in the Joe Rogan podcast, that he consulted for the show. He has a brilliant TED talk on the world-changing potential of fungi research …

• "There's been buzz lately about mycelium" -- Well, Paul Stamets has been talking for decades. Did a TED talk, amazing other videos - a fantastic Joe Rogan Podcast etc. Mycelium is AMAZING - and I really hope that we start using it in the myriad …

• > But I think using psilocybin mushrooms in spaceflight makes a lot of sense. There are more than 65 articles right now ... at ClinicalTrials.gov that say psilocybin mushrooms help people overcome [post-traumatic stress disorder], loneliness and depression. Do you think the astronauts are going …