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	Podcast:		TED Talks Daily
	Episode:		Lessons from fungi on markets and economics \| Toby Kiers
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:16:09
	Publish Date:		2019-10-30 10:00:44
	Description:		Resource inequality is one of our greatest challenges, but it's not unique to humans. Like us, mycorrhizal fungi that live in plant and tree roots strategically trade, steal and withhold resources, displaying remarkable parallels to humans in their capacity to be opportunistic (and sometimes ruthless) -- all in the absence of cognition. In a mind-blowing talk, evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers shares what fungi networks and relationships reveal about human economies, and what they can tell us about inequality.
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