TP. 101 HIGHWAYS

America contains within its solid land mass of 3.5 million square miles, 4.2 million miles of highways connecting points of necessity. In comparison, the average human is around 2.3 cubic feet of water, meat, fat, and bone and contains around 66,000 miles of blood vessels. Multiple that by 340 million Americans, and you have roughly 23 quadrillion miles of blood vessels connecting points of necessity within American citizens. That is one hell of a lot of paths to maintain. The road highways are sustained by contractors who bid the jobs against other competitors. The low bid wins, and all work is inspected to make sure it’s up to specs. In the blood vessel world, all maintenance is performed in-house by organic chemistry. No bid rigging here. After many committee reviews and bureaucratic haggling amongst federal, state, county, and private sectors, new roads or maintenance are ordered, and bids go out for approval. In the tiny highway department of human blood vessels, an internal mechanism determines when new blood vessels are needed and are constructed immediately through a process of laying special cells in a line and then turning from linear paths into tunnels over time. This miraculous method is performed during the lifetime of the creature. No political haggling is needed. Highway repair and replacement is budgeted, while blood vessel construction is mandated without the person’s consent. Highways get renewed or rerouted by a Democratic process. Blood vessels get built by a Dictatorship. Which one is more efficient and effective? Let us look at the pros and cons of both delivery systems in the upcoming revelation. Please be seated in your pews.

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