I find no reason to reverse the standard assumption of physics... what we experience can be explained by the assumption of an external world governed… - Julian Barbour

Ontological primacy should not be given to information but to things, as has always been the standpoint of realists.

[T]he work that I did with... has shown... time that is measured by clocks is... an average of all the changes in the universe.

In fact, I once had a discussion with a distinguished astrophysicist who said to me, well, this is what Mach said, and this is what Mach did and what he required. And I said to him, now excuse me, if you don't mind me saying, what you've just told me is your interpretation of Dennis Sciama's interpretation of Einstein's interpretation of Mach. And he said you're quite right. I’ve never read a word of Mach.