@tedcloak,
I just read your essay and I enjoyed it tremendously. I like your easy-to-read narrative that brings attention to the fundamentals without reaching into obscure abstractions.
Actually, here in CFI we have touched on these areas extensively and with a little research, you may find many submissions that touch on this subject.
With your permission I have copied a few passages and should like to post them with some (hopefully) constructive comments. But I’ll wait for your permission.
One definitive identification of what you have termed “macromolecules” may be found in the self-organizing dynamically variable dipolar coil named:
“microtubule”.
This remarkably versatile nano-scale tubular construct is found in ALL Eukaryotic organisms on earth and fills an incredible variety of data processing functions, including memory storage.
I’ll leave it at that, but have an entire thread devoted to the microtubule and its related filaments that comprise the entire information systems in all of biology,
My thread: Microtubules the seat of Consciousness
Looking forward to a very productive discussion.!!!