Formed by the future

This philosophical and scientific essay explores the idea that reality may not flow from past to future, but in the opposite direction - that the future determines the present, and through it, the past. Time is not the creator of events but their interpreter: a process that gradually unfolds information already encoded within the structure of existence.

In this vision, the universe appears as a vast informational system seeking coherence, while the human being represents its necessary anomaly - the point where the code reflects upon itself. Consciousness becomes the interface through which the cosmos observes and rewrites its own meaning.

Combining reflections on physics, metaphysics, and aesthetics, Formed by the Future investigates how information, pain, beauty, and awareness interact to form the living architecture of reality. It suggests that every event, rather than emerging from randomness, is the visible trace of a deeper order that flows from what has yet to happen toward what we call "now."
Citation (DOI):
Carbonera, A. (2025). Formed by the Future. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17660598