Greetings friend @josevas217, it is true what is expressed in your title, the present the door of the future, the advances that humanity has been able to reach today, we can say, that it is intrinsically related to the effort made years ago, as you express very well:

Because it is clear that what is coming is intimately linked to what is happening today, and inevitably to what has already happened.

This has been demonstrated and there are countless examples where technology and its exponential steps of progress can be found. Thanks to the work done years ago, our present will mark the course of the future, an extraordinarily well-founded post, thanks for sharing your thoughts. Successes.