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Ask HN: An organism which creates an ecosystem to feed on it

by Lucadg on 4/29/20, 11:01 AM with 7 comments

Thinking about platforms as Amazon, Uber or Facebook I'm wondering if we can find similar dynamics in nature.

Parasites feed on top of bigger organisms but nothing comes to mind about organisms which create or facilitate and ecosystem and then control it and feed on it.

It would be a powerful analogy.

Thanks!

  • by Libeste on 4/29/20, 6:07 PM

    The word you're looking for is 'Cultivation.'

    You've basically described farming and ranching. Plenty of analogies there, though many of them have already been used.

  • by jimparkins on 4/29/20, 11:04 AM

    Beaver dams

  • by fullmoon888 on 4/30/20, 7:23 AM

    The Matrix! Harvesting humans in silos to extract energy