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It From Us - An Information-first Framework
What if information is the foundation Of Reality?
For more than a century, physics has revealed cracks in the matter-first worldview. Quantum mechanics, black holes, and cosmology all suggest that our familiar universe of particles and forces is not the whole story. Meanwhile, biology, culture, and consciousness hint at patterns of coherence that resist reduction to atoms and equations.
It From Us - An Information-first Framework and the Purpose of Consciousness, a new book by author Ryan Kralik offers a bold new framework: information is the substrate of reality. Matter and mind both emerge from the same underlying code. Coherence — not chance — is the force that draws particles into atoms, atoms into stars, people into cultures, and cultures into civilizations.
Across physics, biology, religion, ethics, technology, and culture, It From Us traces the same thread: persistence through information. From ancient monuments and myths to modern AI and neuroscience, the evidence points toward a universe that writes itself forward by preserving what coheres.
Appearances & Discussions
*LIVE 5/8/2026* Dogman Teepee Hunting
*Coming Soon* Strange & Mysterious World
*LIVE 5/8/2026* Dogman Teepee Hunting
May 8, 2026
Author Ryan Kralik on the UK podcast, Dogman Teepee Hunting LIVE.
It From Us in the United Kingdom for Dogman Teepee Hunting
*Premier* Through A Glass Darkly
*Coming Soon* Strange & Mysterious World
*LIVE 5/8/2026* Dogman Teepee Hunting
June 8 & 10, 2026
Remote Viewing, NDEs, UAPs and more! It From Us on Through A Glass Darkly podcast.
Ryan Kralik joins Sean Patrick Hazlett
*Coming Soon* Paranormal Rundown
*Coming Soon* Strange & Mysterious World
*Coming Soon* Strange & Mysterious World
Coming Soon
It From Us author returns to The Paranormal Rundown podcast to explain the unexplainable.
Ryan Kralik on Paranormal Rundown
*Coming Soon* Strange & Mysterious World
*Coming Soon* Strange & Mysterious World
*Coming Soon* Strange & Mysterious World
Coming Soon
Ryan Kralik, author of It From Us, on Strange & Mysterious World podcast.
It From Us on the Strange and Mysterious World podcast
Dave Emmons Strange Reality
April 23, 2026
Ryan Kralik returns to Strange Reality with Dave Emmons for another deep dive on information.
It From Us on Strange Reality with Dave Emmons
Whitley Strieber's Dreamland
March 27, 2026
It From Us author Ryan Kralik joins James Faulk on Whitley Strieber's Dreamland.
Check out this episode on UnknownCountry.com
Paranormal Heart
Paranormal Heart
January 27, 2026
Consciousness Explained!
A conversation on reality, consciousness and strangeness.
It From Us author Ryan Kralik on Paranormal Heart with Kat
Neon Galactic
Paranormal Heart
January 22, 2026
Understanding reality, consciousness and meaning - an information-first approach.
Ryan Kralik joins host James Faulk on the Neon Galactic podcast
The Grimerica Show
Richard Wickes Discover Energy
Richard Wickes Discover Energy
December 9, 2025
It From Us author Ryan Kralik joins Darren & Graham for a conversation about It From Us, ancient civilizations and more.
Ryan Kralik on Grimerica
Richard Wickes Discover Energy
Richard Wickes Discover Energy
Richard Wickes Discover Energy
December 9, 2025
Discussion about quantum physics, Daoism, Remote Viewing, Morphic Fields, psychic phenomena, UAP's.
It From Us on Richard Wickes
JeffMara Podcast
Richard Wickes Discover Energy
JeffMara Podcast
November 27, 2025
Exploring information as the substrate of reality — without invoking any mysticism.
It From Us author Ryan Kralik on JeffMara Podcast
Spaced Out Radio
Richard Wickes Discover Energy
JeffMara Podcast
November 25, 2025
Ryan Kralik takes an evidence-based approach to questions often left to mystics.
It From Us on Spaced Out Radio
Podcast UFO Live
Dave Emmons Strange Reality
Paranormal Rundown
November 20, 2025
A grounded look at reality’s informational substrate — separating data from dogma.
Ryan Kralik joins Martin Willis on Podcast UFO
Paranormal Rundown
Dave Emmons Strange Reality
Paranormal Rundown
November 12, 2025
Looking at reality as an evolving information process — and what that means for science, meaning, and us.
It From Us on Paranormal Rundown
Dave Emmons Strange Reality
Dave Emmons Strange Reality
Dave Emmons Strange Reality
November 4, 2025
Investigating the patterns that make reality coherent — from quantum fields to human thought.
Dave Emmons interview with Ryan Kralik on Strange Reality
Where Did The Road Go
Dave Emmons Strange Reality
Dave Emmons Strange Reality
October 20, 2025
Understanding matter, mind, and anomalies as different languages of the same informational code.
Ryan Kralik and It From Us on Where Did The Road Go
with Seriah
Articles & Reviews
IRVA Aperture
Ancient Origins
IRVA Aperture
February 12, 2026
It From Us - Why Remote Viewing Works In An Information-First Reality
IRVA Aperture magazine Spring 2026
Greek Reporter
Ancient Origins
IRVA Aperture
October 29, 2025
The Hidden Code Behind Ancient Greece’s Enduring Civilization
New article by It From Us author Ryan Kralik
Ancient Origins
Ancient Origins
Ancient Origins
October 22, 2025
Lost Civilizations:
The Myth Crafted by Colonialism
Article by Ryan Kralik, author of It From Us
Ancient Origins
Ancient Origins
Ancient Origins
September 19, 2025
Hard Drives of the Ancients: Megalithic Architecture as Encoded Memory
New Article in Ancient Origins magazine
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ryan Kralik
Ryan Kralik is a writer, communications strategist, and managing editor of Aperture, the official publication of the International Remote Viewing Association (IRVA). Over more than two decades he has investigated the intersections of physics, anomalous phenomena, civilization, and consciousness — asking not just what these domains reveal individually, but what they point to together.
His book, It From Us, presents an Information-First framework arguing that information, not matter or spacetime, is the primary substrate of reality — a position that has drawn engagement from researchers such as Stanley Krippner, Hal Puthoff, Erik Bard, Dean Radin and Rupert Sheldrake. Trained in remote viewing by Lori Williams and Dr. Paul H. Smith, Kralik brings empirical rigor to questions that conventional frameworks have struggled to hold.
His writing has appeared in Ancient Origins and Greek Reporter, and he has appeared on numerous shows and podcasts exploring how the Information-First framework reframes physics, consciousness, and the arc of human civilization.
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International Remote Viewing Association
International Remote Viewing Association
International Remote Viewing Association
The International Remote Viewing Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the responsible use and development of remote viewing.
They offer free information to inform and educate the public about the nature and uses of remote viewing.
Institute of Noetic Sciences
International Remote Viewing Association
International Remote Viewing Association
The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) is a nonprofit research organization exploring consciousness and human potential.
Founded by astronaut Edgar Mitchell, IONS conducts scientific studies on psi, intention, human consciousness and related phenomena.
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