On Cool Science Radio , hosts John Wells and Lynn Ware Peek welcome Astrobiologist Caleb Scharf. Scharf, who argues that all the data we create—all of our emails, tweets, selfies, and A.I.-generated text—amount to an aggregate lifeform. A lifeform that has goals and needs. It can control our behavior and influence our well-being. And, it’s an organism that has evolved right alongside us.