We are All Living in the Past, Present, and Future at the Same Time

Today, thanks to technological advancements, everything becomes possible with symbolic objects that transform the world into something like the palm of the hand, where time and distance are no longer barriers because we are in the era of symbolism.

We live in a world where almost everything that exists is virtual and digital, and time no longer represents an obstacle because modernity has solved this problem. It now allows access to social services without needing to be physically present. This is the era in which the absent becomes present and the present becomes the absent, thanks to the constant progress of technology based on a symbolic system of representation.

Thus, past, present, and future time are resolved by symbolism, which is the very offspring of modernity. It becomes not only a key factor in development but also the essence of human life. It is also an element of symbolism that exerts a coercive power on human behavior, actions, thoughts, and so on. Its function is to give meaning and form to objects and to reality. It is there to bring into existence or to destroy according to the needs of the moment; it can build or deconstruct, remove or demolish, ignite or extinguish, because it is a double-edged sword.

Indeed, it is important to demonstrate how human beings do not control time, even though they manage to create symbolic objects that allow them to manage it and that, despite all these creative efforts, they manage to live in three times simultaneously without being aware of it.

It is essential in this comprehensive approach to use the theory of symbolism to understand time as an abstract phenomenon that cannot be seen or touched and which, moreover, is the product of human imagination while simultaneously deviating from human logic through symbolic objects.