Periodic and random pulsed exchanges improve performance.  Just as random perturbations foster resilience in nature, in living technologies altering water flow creates self-organization in the system.

very tidily put...

this sentence rang all the bells.

thanks for a great diary, the Todds and Stamets are heroes, you are lucky to work with them.

if we take one step towards nature, she will take ten towards us.

The power of knowledge is in mortal combat with the knowledge of power. It really is that simple... That's the Edenic apple we are all munching on.