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I'm not sure what triggered the association for me, but it reminded me of Peter Watts' The Things. http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/ http://clarkesw

• knolax 7y ago
  I remember in that short story The Thing begins to call humans "living cancer" because of how specialized human cells were to the point that cells in certain structures like the brain wouldn't be able to support themselves on their own.
• jessaustin 7y ago
  Watts thought of everything first. Another comment here (for some reason, downvoted to oblivion) was reminded of Echopraxia.