This paper about social welfare systems isn't plant science
Off Topic
Nothing here relates to gardens, plants, or ecology; the fungal network reference is purely a metaphor for human social support systems, not a study of actual mycelium.
This paper is about how society handles invisible labor like caregiving, coordination, and support work, proposing a network system named after fungal networks as a metaphor. It doesn't study real fungi, plants, or biology at all, so there's nothing here for a plant lover to dig into.
Key Findings
The paper is an unreviewed working paper in social policy/sociology, not a biological study
The 'Mycelial Society Network' is explicitly stated as a design metaphor, not based on biological evidence
Content covers labor distribution, verification systems, and social welfare, unrelated to plant science
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This is a social science working paper about labor and care systems in society; it uses 'mycelial' only as a metaphor and has no botanical or plant science content.
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Original paper
The Mycelial Society — Distributed Living Verification and the Return of Social Maintenance
v2.1 更新(2026-09-10) v2.1では、Actor/Bodyの分離、WeightのBodyへの着地、Temporal Capacityを一本の分析軸として接続し、第1章・第6章・第10章・第11章を横断的に補強した。中心命題、全12章の構成、基本循環、八構想の整理、参照文献[1]〜[24]は変更していない。 Version 2.1 update (2026-09-10) Ver...
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