Dean Ball: 21st-century institution building has much to learn from mycology
deanwball · x · 2026-10-30
AI policy thinker Dean Ball points to his essay arguing that the fledgling endeavor of 21st-century institution building has much to learn from mycology, for better and for worse. The linked paper is "Mycorrhizal Markets, Firms, and Co-ops" by Noë & Kiers (Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2018), which uses exchange structures in mycorrhizal networks as an analogy for markets, firms, and cooperatives.
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