TED Michael Pollan with a plant’s eye view

What if human consciousness isn’t the end-all and be-all? What if we are all just pawns in corn’s clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant’s-eye view.

Why you should watch:
Few writers approach their subjects with the rigor, passion and perspective that’s typical of Michael Pollan. Whereas most humans think we are Darwin’s most accomplished species, Pollan convincingly argues that plants — even our own front lawns — have evolved to use us as much as we use them.

The author and New York Times Magazine contributor is, as Newsweek asserts, “an uncommonly graceful explainer of natural science,” for his investigative stories about food, agriculture, and the environment. His most recent book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, was named one of the top ten nonfiction titles of 2006.

As the director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley, Pollan is cultivating the next generation of green reporters.

Originally from TED.com

Your comments.

Is this the same guy who wrote a lovely book called ‘A place of my own’?

It was a lovely diary/reflection on his building of a hut in the woods at the back of his garden, from conception through to the finished, heated article. Well worth a read.