The universe is a battle between dispersal forces and anti-dispersal forces. We are one result of that battle. Electron bonding has produced us and all other forms of life.
Life to me appears to be the attempt of the anti-dispersal forces to defy dispersal. But like everywhere else in the universe, the dispersal forces have gained the upper hand, threatening us all.
If there is other life out there, it too will be a result of the dispersal versus anti-dispersal battle. And it too most likely would be built on electron bonding.