The Network is a Mycelial Web
In the quiet of the kitchen, a jar of vegetables begins to fizz. In the dark soil of a forest floor, a vast web of mycelium connects tree to tree. These are not just biological processes; they are living networks, operating on principles that make our most advanced human systems look primitive and fragile. As I’ve written before, there are profound microbial lessons for a living planet . The intelligence at work is decentralised, cooperative, and stunningly resilient. There is no CEO of the sourdough starter, no central server for the forest floor. The system works because it is a network of autonomous peers, each sensing and responding to its local environment, contributing to the health of the whole.
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