Jerry Michalski on Jerry's Brain
The Informed Life
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Cultivating Information is Like Growing a Network of Fungi
As you go through your day, think of yourself as being exposed to spores. By using your tool of awareness and practiced integration, you can choose which spores to incorporate into your network. This metaphor breaks a bit because it's intentional, but it's still lovely. Even unplanned events, like being asked to be on a podcast, can add unexpected elements to your brain. The spores represent the fruiting bodies of mycelia, while hyphe symbolize the leading edge of the mycelial network. Overall, spores and hyphe are metaphorically rich in this big fungus analogy.
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