6 ways mushrooms can save the world | Paul Stamets | TED 

*I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage, got diagnosed with OCD. Spent my whole life fighting OCD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.*

Mushrooms did wonders in my life. I'm a veteran, was actually addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.

Paul has changed my life. I followed his microdose regime of 4 days on 3 days off for a few months. No one in my life can recognize who I am these days, and thats an amazing thing. Im learning who I am again. I went from mentally living in a constant hurricane to living in an occasional sunshower. Thank you, Paul, your research has saved my mind from itself.

This guy is clearly brushed over by society but is totally in the right. It's just like any historical genius, laughed at until proven right, he is fascinating.

Protect Paul Stamets at all costs. This man is a complete necessity to our society. When he’s gone, he takes all his wisdom with him.

Its a very historic day in Denver. The people have spoken and magic mushrooms are now decriminalized.

Why does this man not have a Nobel Prize? He surely deserves one!

12 years ago, this is brilliant and ahead of its time.

I recently started to learn more about magic mushrooms for my own personal interest. Little did I know it would lead down a rabbit hole to just how magical all fungi are and integral to our planet. The effectiveness and vastness of these mycelium networks is mind blowing to me.

I'm gonna help you fellow kids out who are curious. 1. Cleaning oil spills. 2. Fighting Pollution. 3. Fighting Disease. 4. Fighting Insects. 5. Fixing Earth. 6. Sustainable Fuel.

I'm in college and I decided to take a class on fungi. Only two weeks in I am absolutely in love with these organisms. Watching this made me fall deeper in love and I am incredibly thrilled to begin my journey learning about something so absolutely fascinating.

Paul Stamets is miserably underrated, this man is a superstar💪🏻

Who else learned about this guy through Joe Rogan podcast? This guy was super interesting!

Why does this only have a million views? +TED you should reupload this so more/new people can see it

This is the most revolutionary TED talk I have ever seen!! Signal boost!!

Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here

Love his passion, fungi are clearly understudied and could hold so many answers

Im going to be investing a lot of energy into this concept, Im in Seattle and we need to motivate everyone to get involved in helping the earth instead of destroying it.

Back when TED talks were actually awesome

After the Netflix documentary with this incredible guy, the way I see nature was completely empowered even more by the intriguing mother nature, where we come from. We are just amount of cells compacted roaming around with something called conscious stuck somewhere in one of the most, if not the most intriguing organic system nature developed through natural selection, our brain. And we use it in order to figure out nature, so this is nature trying to figure itself out. This is astonishing. Thanks mushrooms, I maybe wouldn't be able to type this quantity of writings if it weren't by your effects in our fellow ancestors, which might have led to our cognitive revolution.

I remember watching this just a few months after it was uploaded. Still one of the best TED talks of all time.

Am I the only one that has noticed that Paul Stamets is also the name of a major character on Star Trek: Discovery, who is able to access the Mycelium Network that connects all of space-time? So cool that the show-runners would imbed such a shout-out to this man! He definitely deserves it.

Every couple of years, I like to rewatch this and just remind myself that we're gonna be okay.

Psilocybin containing mushrooms save my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit

"The mycelium is sentient" needs to be a line in a movie.

This man is a Genius.

Thankyou Paul Stamets and your brilliant team of Fungi Researchers. Your studies on FUNGI and Mushroom uses for Man and the preservation of life on earth is noble and praiseworthy. I sincerely hope that you and your other biology experts get the support you have earned and the government action that can restore the health of the environment and make it better for all mankind.

This speech was so good, I gave a standing ovation while watching at home

I understand his excitement and passion about mushrooms. Recently, after years of not seeing them, I noticed mushrooms growing everywhere on my property, which is a heavily wooded five acres. They were even growing in the graveled driveway. My theory is that the recent growth is promoted by the increase in radiation from Fukushima. And yes, the idea that mushrooms thrive on and convert radioactive substances is very good news.

WOW. I had no idea mushrooms were so incredible, resilient, durable, smart and useful. Thank you. We need this to be broadcast on every news channel ASAP!

Hello from Australia, I was raised on Gold Tops in 80s 90s Dapto in Illawarra NSW, cracked my Pineal Gland wide open, never been sick I'm 62 now, 🙏🏻🌞😁❤️

Can anyone else feel the anxiety and nerves in his voice stressing out over public speaking.. very intelligent and highly educated gentleman.. good job sir.

Come on, TED, re-upload this with a decent resolution!!

Wow, I got married in the redwood forest, because my wife and I also consider old growth forest our church, the wisdom and energy that radiates from there is sacred!

I’ve been taking the Mushroom Forest capsules from evolution apothecary, combined with a small psilocybin microdose. What an amazing difference these incredible fungi can make in a human life...

12 years later and I still hope these things will get implemented in our system

Perhaps one day, Psilocybin will once again considered a wonderful organism instead of an illicit substance to be jailed for..

Fantastic! I have always believed that mushrooms hold the key to many problems. This is even more proof on why we should rethink how we approach issues that we faces not only on Earth but in our bodies as well! This is the first time I have heard of this, but I can most certainly say I will be doing more research and activism to promote this information for the future!

I've heard so many wonderful things about magic mushrooms but I can't easily get some, Is there any realiable source I can purchase from??

Please continue with your energy, you are feeding all of us.

That is very interesting. This needs to get out there

Incredible discussion. Paul Stamets is brilliant. One of the if not the best Ted talk ever.

This lecture restores my faith in humanity. Fungi just like any other species are conscious beings. I hope I can understand and experience more on this subject.

When I need a mental boost, I find Paul, and very soon after I'm infused with energy, hope , and love of humanity!

At the end of the talk I felt very compelled to stand up from my bed and start clapping at my computer screen.

So many applications from this one man's love, interest and dedication to studying mushrooms, one if not the oldest form of livong organism still alive today. Mind bogling research - makes me want to leave my job and become Paul's disciple and spend my lifetime implement real and meaningful changes.

Amazing information and realize how important the findings are. Anyone know how to make cardboard box starter kit? This is mind blowing information. Seems we Should we eat more mushrooms for health.

Two points: Can Fungi/Mushrooms be used to neutralize radioactive contamination? My other point is: I read an article in a garden mag about ridding your garden of Japanese Beetles. Early in the cool of the morning you collect the beetles in a jar of water. You let the jar sit a couple of days, throw the contents into a blender. Dump contents into another jar through a sieve. Pour fluid into a spray bottle, go out into the garden in the early morning and spray the beetles. The fungus that attacks to beetles is highly concentrated and slowly kills off the beetles. I did this with my ant problem in the house and it worked. I'm a Hobbit at heart and love mushrooms, they are amazing! Loved this lecture we're always learning. Have a nice day and follow your bliss to all my fellow living entities!

The mushrooms Know and are waiting...

I love hearing from scientists who are eccentric like this. Its easy to expect most people simply brush them off. Its sad, but to see them being allowed to talk to people who care about their field of study is heartwarming

Sorry for my language, but this man is a fucking genius seriously. Everything he says out of any video I’ve watched is just awe inspiring.

Absolutely Brilliant !

Here after watching Paul Stamets on Joe Rogan....this dude is a BAMF Mycologist and a freaking Guru!...I highly recommend watching him on the Joe Rogan Experience #1035.

To me this is revolutionary! This network connecting everything, this interdependence... Brings to mind Avatar, the movie.

This is such important information. I'm a master student writing my capstone of fungal bioremediation. I am absolutely amazed with this work!!

here from Micheal Pollan's book How to Change Your Mind! absolutely incredible!

Paul simply you deserve the Nobel Price. Thank you for your AMAZING work -)

mushrooms really are magical...

I learned of Paul Stamets back in 2009 from a headline on Yahoo News titled, "Scientist has found a way to destroy Monsanto's 36 billion/year pesticide monopoly." I looked up more about Paul and have told countless people about him. This was the Ted Talk that changed my Life 13 years ago.

This man is extremely clever - fair play to him! ahead of our time!

A perfect example that we should not just study cute and beautiful things....

I love this man and his passion for his work. I believe that if more people thought like this man does, we could save this planet.

This is absolutely amazing!

I watched this and I am completely impressed! I have a few people I want to suggest this to! I am glad this was put together! Very informative!

He had so much material to cover!

This was incredible. I love videos that make you feel like you've grown by the end, you know?

Paul Stamets is my personal Hero . One Love.

R.I.P. TERRANCE MCKENNA

I just happen to have a 2 by 4 foot grow box right now cultivating Cubensis. It's fascinating to watch the progress and growth from spores to mycelium to fruiting mushrooms.

Im just commenting to give youtube a sign this is an important topic!

Thank you Paul. I imagine you know more than you actually say. I adore listening to you speak your wonderful multi-dimensional truths. I would know nothing, but the very system you speak about, taught me. The figurative telephone lines they create, allow them to know things faster than a neighborhood gossip, and all information is shared throughout the plant kingdom. That kingdom shows great respect, and wants us to participate in the healing of this ever amazing planet. I am grateful that you have a big education, so that you can express your compilation of knowledge. Thank you again. You are blessed.

Absolutely amazing! What an incredible soul. Now we just need to work together on these proven techniques

No chance of getting this in HD?

I see this as the most important discovery in our time that can change our world naturally and save us from distinction.

The fact this man was talking about this nearly 20 years ago…

Time to make this go viral again!!!!

I am thoroughly impressed! We need to get on board right away. And I really hope his patents can help to add fuel to this transformation.

Ive been going back and watching his videos and ive done it multiple times. I'm so riveted by his experiments and findings

Brooooo i can’t believe this is 14 years old, I’ve been telling people about microdosing for about 3 years and i fully believe it will save everyone’s mental health if done correctly

Absolutely interested, I've watched this lecture many times and it rings true no matter what year it is. Terrific video.

Mushrooms are truly amazing, the more I learn the more it blows my mind, they seem to be in sync with the Universe and people who take the magic variety will attest to this

On "Star Trek: Discovery", the engineer who made the "spore drive" work is named Paul Stamets. Now, I know why.

That opening line, "I always wondered if every cellular organism could take a vote, on if we should be voted off or on to the planet, how would they vote? I believe that vote is happening now" made me tear up. It's so powerful, and I feel it in my being. This vote is happening now.

i hope this gets alot more recognized

The way fungi operates makes one wonder.

Everything we need is already here. It's discovering the Real Science that's for us to do. Well done Paul Stamets!

13 YEARS AGO !! We still need this today

Joe Rogan brought me here!

This guy just made me want to start studying fungi ( not at a faculty though but all by myself ). I was already introduced to fungi but with very little knowledge which related to the action of psilocybin on the brain, not only now I want to study it but the next time I will trip, I will see the mushrooms with a completely different and respectful eye !

Wow to the power of 10 again! Paul Stamets! You're so awesome!

Watch this a couple times a year, inspirational

This is probably some of the most valuable info in youtube

So mushrooms have all the answers. They just wait for humans to ingest them and proceed to teach us with all their wisdom. Sounds good to me..

I'm surprised this talk wasn't banned, like Graham Hancock and Rupert Sheldrake.

This individual is way ahead of his time.

Mushroom wizard. This needs more exposure

Everything that can heal never goes mainstream

Anyone else here cuz of the FSA,

Yes. My colleuge and I wanting to open a recovery home/sober living and/ or in/it patient for recovery from addiction using psilocybin . I am searching for anything supporting this. Both of us have witnessed the healing power of psychedelics. And both of us have been our own guinea pigs. We're in Oregon and our goal is to create a center where no one is turned for any reason

I get the sense of fellowship from this that I used to get from going to church.