Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world | Video on TED.com

Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world | Video on TED.com
Paul Stamets believes that mushrooms can save our lives, restore our ecosystems and transform other worlds.
This Ted Talk makes me want to ask Mr. Stamets a lot of questions!

This makes my hands sweat!

Devils and demons, zombies, ghosts, vampires and other assorted
monsters are not the stuff of my nightmares... But this, this
is exactly what gives me the serious creeps!!
You would never, and I mean NEVER, get me to do this!!

Or this:

This was made in 1984 when Big Brother wasn't watching

Anijam (1984, color, mono, 10m), Jury Prize winner of the 1984 Toronto International Animation Festival. It featured the work of 22 world famous animators. Each successive animator received the last frame of the previous animator's sequence. None of the animators had any idea of the action in the preceding sequences or the order of their sequence within the completed film. Each section of this "animation jam" revolves a semi-humanoid lead, Foska, who is placed into bizarre situations.



Anijam Cast and Crew

But would it work long term?

Fun is a very serious business, this was a competition to see if fun could change people's behavior.



For even more serious fun check this out. The Fun Theory Sequence

Only Breath - Video Poem by Rumi

Put together by my young friend Jeremy Fiest.

Rives controls the Internet | Video on TED.com

Rives controls the Internet | Video on TED.com

How many poets could cram eBay, Friendster and Monster.com into 3-minute poem worthy of a standing ovation? Enjoy Rives' unique talent.

The Death Ray

Love this so much it makes me feel guilty! Check it out.