Dear Breaker Downers,

When humans figured out they could use electricity to instantaneously communicate across the country, they had to figure out a code to use. First they tried to use dots and dashes to represent common phrases. Then they tried to use dots and dashes to represent words. Finally, Samuel Morse figured out that they had to break the code all the way down to letters.

By themselves, letters don’t mean anything. They only have meaning because of how we combine them. But there are infinite ways to combine them, and we can turn those meaningless parts into a meaningful whole.

So if you’re ever stuck with a sticky problem, try breaking it down into tiny pieces. That method has been serving humanity well for years.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck