Joel Dietz is a systems architect, researcher, and early Ethereum contributor working at the intersection of computation, bioelectricity, and emergent intelligence. His work explores how complex systems, from decentralized networks to living tissues, coordinate behavior, store information, and express agency.As a researcher, Joel is particularly interested in bioelectricity: the ion-channel-based communication that allows cells to coordinate across tissues, guide morphogenesis, and participate in forms of basal cognition. His work engages with emerging questions around living machines, programmable life, xenobots, anthrobots, and the possibility of influencing biological form and behavior through cellular-scale information systems