In this essay, Agustín Ostachuk introduces “A Theory of Evolution as a Process of Unfolding” published in 2020: evolution as an unfolding of preformed potential, driven by consciousness—not chance.
We’ve been told a story about life.
A story where evolution is random.
Where nature is brutal.
Where the strong survive and the weak disappear.
Where complexity crawls out of chaos—by accident, without purpose.
But what if that story is wrong?
I’m Dr. Agustín Ostachuk, and I propose something radically different:
My theory begins with a shift in perspective:
What if the complex was already there?
Hidden. Preformed. Encoded in the very fabric of life—waiting to be revealed.
Imagine a scroll, tightly rolled.
The whole story already written inside.
This is how I see evolution: not as a construction, but as a revelation.
A teleological process—guided by inner direction and meaningful form.
And the force behind it?
Modern science treats consciousness as a late accident—an emergent property of matter.
But what if that’s exactly backwards?
In my theory, consciousness is primary.
It is the force that drives the evolutionary process.
It expresses itself through formal agents embedded in morphogenetic fields—real structures that carry the potential of life forms waiting to unfold.
These agents act from within, not from without.
They don’t sculpt life from the outside—they reveal it from the inside.
This theory doesn’t just tweak Darwinism—it challenges its core.
This paradigm redefines not only biology, but our entire worldview.
It calls into question the foundations of materialist science and the ideology of endless competition.
In an age of ecological collapse, mental health crises, and spiritual emptiness, we need new ways of thinking.
This vision of evolution affirms:
We’ve inherited a narrative of survival.
But maybe life is about unfolding, not fighting.
If this message resonates with you—if you’re tired of the old mechanistic paradigms and feel the need for a deeper, more connected view of life—this is the space for you.
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Dr. Agustín Ostachuk | Director of EVOLUTIO
Author of “Eutopian Life“
Author of the “Evolutio Unfolding Theory” (originally published as “A theory of evolution as a process of unfolding” in the academic journal Cosmos and History in 2020)
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