Define life

Just wondering about /sci/'s definition of life. None of that made of cells bullcrap. Bonus points for answers which adequately handle fire, viruses, corporations, and artificial intelligence.

Best answer will recieve a box containing a simulation of a universe whose denizens are just on the verge of discovering that their world is a simulation.

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Humans live and are systems made up of individual cells, bacteria, viruses, chemicals, etc.  How is this different from a corporation made up of humans, processes, equipment, memes, etc?

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And just what is matter? 

Life is awareness and all things that exist are aware.  When atoms interact, it is because of awareness that they have an effect on each other.  The atom is information.  All information lives, propagates and perpetuates itself through a variety of mediums.