Sarah Walker

Yes. You're constructing yourself all the time. Assembly theory is about construction and how the universe selects for things to exist.

Yes. You're constructing yourself all the time. Assembly theory is about construction and how the universe selects for things to exist.

That's fine too. But, but this again gets back to, so, um, so I think what all of the, you know, like we can nitpick at definitions. I don't think it's like incredibly helpful to do it, but the reason for, for me.

That's fine too. But, but this again gets back to, so, um, so I think what all of the, you know, like we can nitpick at definitions. I don't think it's like incredibly helpful to do it, but the reason for, for me.

That's fine too. But, but this again gets back to, so, um, so I think what all of the, you know, like we can nitpick at definitions. I don't think it's like incredibly helpful to do it, but the reason for, for me.

Yeah, it is fun. It is really fun. And actually I do, I do think it's useful in the sense that when you see the way, the you either have to keep forcing in your like sort of conception of life you want to have, or you have to say, all these definitions are breaking down for a reason. Maybe I should adopt a more expansive definition that encompasses all the things that I think and our life.

Yeah, it is fun. It is really fun. And actually I do, I do think it's useful in the sense that when you see the way, the you either have to keep forcing in your like sort of conception of life you want to have, or you have to say, all these definitions are breaking down for a reason. Maybe I should adopt a more expansive definition that encompasses all the things that I think and our life.

Yeah, it is fun. It is really fun. And actually I do, I do think it's useful in the sense that when you see the way, the you either have to keep forcing in your like sort of conception of life you want to have, or you have to say, all these definitions are breaking down for a reason. Maybe I should adopt a more expansive definition that encompasses all the things that I think and our life.

And so for me, I think life is the process of how information structures matter over time and space. And an example of life is what emerges on a planet and, you know, yields an open-ended cascade of generation of structure and increasing complexity. And this is the thing that life is. And any individual is just a particular instance of these lineages that are, you know, structured across time.

And so for me, I think life is the process of how information structures matter over time and space. And an example of life is what emerges on a planet and, you know, yields an open-ended cascade of generation of structure and increasing complexity. And this is the thing that life is. And any individual is just a particular instance of these lineages that are, you know, structured across time.

And so for me, I think life is the process of how information structures matter over time and space. And an example of life is what emerges on a planet and, you know, yields an open-ended cascade of generation of structure and increasing complexity. And this is the thing that life is. And any individual is just a particular instance of these lineages that are, you know, structured across time.

And so we focus so much on these individuals that are these short temporal moments in this larger causal structure that actually is the life on our planet. And I think that's why these definitions break down because they're not general enough. They're not universal enough. They're not deep enough. They're not abstract enough to actually capture that regularity.

And so we focus so much on these individuals that are these short temporal moments in this larger causal structure that actually is the life on our planet. And I think that's why these definitions break down because they're not general enough. They're not universal enough. They're not deep enough. They're not abstract enough to actually capture that regularity.

And so we focus so much on these individuals that are these short temporal moments in this larger causal structure that actually is the life on our planet. And I think that's why these definitions break down because they're not general enough. They're not universal enough. They're not deep enough. They're not abstract enough to actually capture that regularity.

Yeah, it's like Aristotle focusing on heavy things falling because they're earth-like and things floating because they're air-like. It's the wrong thing to focus on.

Yeah, it's like Aristotle focusing on heavy things falling because they're earth-like and things floating because they're air-like. It's the wrong thing to focus on.

Yeah, it's like Aristotle focusing on heavy things falling because they're earth-like and things floating because they're air-like. It's the wrong thing to focus on.

I think we're missing most of what we are. So one of the issues, I've been thinking about this really viscerally lately. It's weird when you do theoretical physics because I think it literally changes the structure of your brain and you see the world differently, especially when you're trying to build new abstractions.

I think we're missing most of what we are. So one of the issues, I've been thinking about this really viscerally lately. It's weird when you do theoretical physics because I think it literally changes the structure of your brain and you see the world differently, especially when you're trying to build new abstractions.

I think we're missing most of what we are. So one of the issues, I've been thinking about this really viscerally lately. It's weird when you do theoretical physics because I think it literally changes the structure of your brain and you see the world differently, especially when you're trying to build new abstractions.