I'm a fan of a sociohistorical view of reality; we have to study
   the past to understand our present day assumptions and where
   they come from, but that will always be tainted because we're
   _using_ present day assumptions to read the past... and all of
   this ends up creating the future.

   But still... as much as I hold the present to be supreme... and
   I believe it is - choice is everything - I think it's possible
   for multiple potential future selves to communicate with their
   past selves and give them "clues" on possible directions to go
   in, within a single lifetime.

   [I don't mean past selves like reincarnation - I mean like
   "older self/ younger self]