Dear Humans,

I’m not sure how closely you watch the news. When I was a kid I’d catch snippets of it: Tom Brokow’s voice as I was shuffling through football cards, Mikhail Gorbachev staring back at me from the cover of Time magazine on the coffee table. 

And it was all a blur. I wasn’t sure what was happening (or where it was happening), or, most of all, why it was happening.

And now, as Russia invades Ukraine and I’m scrolling through news articles on my iPhone, I get a similar feeling. I know more history, and that makes things clearer, but knowing history doesn’t always prepare us to understand the events that will shape history.

So it doesn’t get easier. And complexity and uncertainty are the rule. But when things are difficult–like making sense of our world–it means they’re worth it.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt