Part 4/8:
Walker advocates for viewing life as a process that organizes chemistry and embodies the physics of creativity. She considers life not merely as biological entities but as a universal process of information origination and expansion, which constructs the myriad forms of complex systems we associate with living matter. This broader perspective includes phenomena like technology—such as a functioning smartphone—since their presence on Mars or other planets could indicate the influence of life-like processes, even if they are not "alive" in a traditional sense.