A new existential crisis is here, thanks to HBO's new streaming series The Last of Us. Even Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk can’t keep their eyes off of the thriller—based off a video game—that follows the spread of a fungus that seeps into the community’s brains and bodies and ultimately turns them into zombies.
As dystopian as The Last of Us seems, people have been curious if a so-called “fungus pandemic” can happen in real life. One scientist at the beginning of the show foreshadows the terror about to ensue, saying, “There are some fungi that seek not to kill but to control.”
