While human cells are small, they are very complex things, like a whole city onto themselves. Living as part of a multi-trillion cell organism has its perks. You don't have to defend yourself and food is given to you, all in exchange for you performing your function. Think of it as an ancient covenant: the cell gives up some freedoms in exchange for safety and security. But what happens when one side breaks that covenant? What happens when that safety and security is absent? The cell becomes cancerous as a last ditch effort to survive. It says 'fuck you' to the covenant and starts doing what all life does: it uses the resources in its environment to replicate. Our body has defenses against this but they are not perfect. Once in a while they don't stop the cancer in time. Live a healthy life and don't break the covenant.
While human cells are small, they are very complex things, like a whole city onto themselves. Living as part of a multi-trillion cell organism has its perks. You don't have to defend yourself and food is given to you, all in exchange for you performing your function. Think of it as an ancient covenant: the cell gives up some freedoms in exchange for safety and security. But what happens when one side breaks that covenant? What happens when that safety and security is absent? The cell becomes cancerous as a last ditch effort to survive. It says 'fuck you' to the covenant and starts doing what all life does: it uses the resources in its environment to replicate. Our body has defenses against this but they are not perfect. Once in a while they don't stop the cancer in time.
Live a healthy life and don't break the covenant.
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