What lies at the heart of every living thing is not a fire, not warm breath, not a ‘spark of life.’ It is information, words, instructions. If you want to understand life, don’t think about vibrant, throbbing gels and oozes, think about information technology.
Richard Dawkins, British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (1986) cited in James Gleick, What Defines a Meme?, Smithsonian Magazine, May 2011.
