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Nature as Inspiration: The Wood Wide Web
To find solutions, the speaker turns to an unlikely source: the natural world, particularly the forest's "wood wide web." This underground network of roots, fungi, and bacteria connects trees of various species, allowing them to share resources and information.
Key features of this system:
Shared resources—sick trees can receive help.
Communication—trees warn each other about pests.
Connectivity—a network spanning over 450 million years.
This interconnected web operates without hierarchy or bias, ensuring resilience and collective well-being. The metaphor challenges us to reimagine human interactions similarly—to create networks that are inclusive, reciprocal, and adaptive.