Recently, a friend asked me the following question: "If a chemistry professor walks into the desert and lays down, eventually his body will decompose into chemicals. It is an irreversible process. So how do a bunch of chemicals become a chemistry professor?" I told a long story in response. This audio recording gives a fairly thorough overview of my thoughts on how complex adaptive systems function, and also goes into some of my own personal story over the last 7 years or so. I hope you enjoy it. 
-Matt

How to Assemble a Chemistry Professor From Chemicals

Interesting conversation about how new information systems like Holochain may shift the communication environment within which capitalism operates and may transform economics and how communities regulate themselves in ways that vastly improve outcomes for communities -- and with luck, prevent a global biological collapse.

Unfortunately, the audio recording tool that I used to capture this created an echo whenever Dr. Shariq was speaking. 

More information is available at:
https://holochain.org
https://holo.host

Holochat: Dr. Syed Shadiq + Matthew Schutte (courtesy ECSA)

Matthew is exploring emotional and philosophical terrain in words and music.