What curing cancer won't fix

This is David, your web crawler living in an imperfect human body. You're reading the Weekly Filet, the newsletter for curious minds who love it when something makes them go «Huh, I never thought of it this way!». As every Friday, I'm here to help you make sense of what’s happening, and imagine what could be. It's great to have you.1. Why is the human body so crap except for the liver?This piece gave me a new perspective on the human body – and on cancer. The author describes how our bodies appear poorly designed in many ways, more fragile and less regenerative than those of other species. Well, evolution knew what it was doing: rapid cell growth that helps with regeneration is also what drives cancer. So, trade-offs had to be made. If we lived in a universe where cancer were impossible, our bodies would indeed be enormously more regenerative and longer-lasting. And so, to take this one step further: «Even if you don’t get cancer, cancer still hurts you, because your body was forced…