{"id":228822,"date":"2026-01-11T21:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/this-is-why-i-believe-that-the-future-already-exists"},"modified":"2026-01-11T21:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:06:06","slug":"this-is-why-i-believe-that-the-future-already-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/this-is-why-i-believe-that-the-future-already-exists","title":{"rendered":"This is why I believe that the future already exists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/um6BmPo5PZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Want to restore the planet\u2019s ecosystems and see your impact in monthly videos? The first 100 people to join Planet Wild with my code SABINE41 will get the first month for free at: <a href=\"https:\/\/planetwild.com\/r\/sabinehossen\">https:\/\/planetwild.com\/r\/sabinehossen<\/a>\u2026 today\u2019s video I explain the \u201cblock universe\u201d in physics. It is a direct consequence of Einstein\u2019s theory of general relativity and implies that the past, present, and future all exist in the same sense. I have talked about this previously, but in the past years I have changed my mind about the role of quantum mechanics in this argument. \ud83d\udcda Buy my book \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HSAWJW\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HSAWJW<\/a> \ud83d\udc55T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sabines-store.dashery.com\/\">https:\/\/sabines-store.dashery.com\/<\/a> \ud83d\udc8c Support me on Donorbox \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg\">https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg<\/a> \ud83d\udc49 Transcript with links to references on Patreon \u279c <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ sabine \ud83d\udcdd Transcripts and written news on Substack \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/\">https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/<\/a> \ud83d\udce9 Free weekly science newsletter \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle\">https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle<\/a>\u2026 \ud83d\udc42 Audio only podcast \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl<\/a>\u2026 \ud83d\udd17 Join this channel to get access to perks \u279c <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sabinehossenfelder\">@sabinehossenfelder<\/a> #physics #philosophy.<br \/> If you want to get to know them better first, check out their mission fighting ocean plastic: <a href=\"https:\/\/planetwild.com\/r\/sabinehossen\">https:\/\/planetwild.com\/r\/sabinehossen<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s video I explain the \\.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to restore the planet\u2019s ecosystems and see your impact in monthly videos? The first 100 people to join Planet Wild with my code SABINE41 will get the first month for free at: https:\/\/planetwild.com\/r\/sabinehossen\u2026 today\u2019s video I explain the \u201cblock universe\u201d in physics. It is a direct consequence of Einstein\u2019s theory of general relativity and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}