How likely is the fungal infection in The Last of Us? The one that takes over human brains and brings humanity to the brink of extinction, could that really happen?
In this episode we sit down with Emily Monosson, an expert in deadly fungal infections, and discuss the handful we know of that are today causing catastrophic declines in wildlife, eradicating trees, destroying crops, and increasingly impacting humans. Many in the field worry that fungi are an underestimated threat and that our actions are causing an increase in invasive and deadly fungal epidemics.
We explore what is at stake, why this is happening now, and what we can do to prevent future outbreaks.
• Emily Monosson's Website
• Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic
• 2013 Trailer for The Last of Us
• Newsletter
• How Minds Change
• David McRaney’s Twitter
• YANSS Twitter
• Show Notes
167 - How to Talk to People About Things (rebroadcast)
166 - Prevalence Induced Concept Change (rebroadcast)
165 - The Friendship Cure (rebroadcast)
164 - Meetings - Steven Rogelberg
163 - The Happiness Lab
162 - The Elaboration Likelihood Model (rebroadcast)
161 - Bad Habits
160 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
159 - Uncivil Agreement (rebroadcast)
158 - The AB Effect
157 - Pluralistic Ignorance
156 - Selfie (rebroadcast)
155 - Live in New York - Post Truth
154 - The Marshmallow Replication (rebroadcast)
153 - Happy Brain (rebroadcast)
152 - Status Quo Rationalization (rebroadcast)
151 - Behind the Curve
150 - Belief Change Blindness (rebroadcast)
149 - Bad Advice
148 - Rule Makers, Rule Breakers
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