Dear Humans,

Yesterday was the Ides of March, the anniversary of Julius Caesar’s assassination way back in 44 B.C.. It was kind of a big deal, but there have been many big deals that have been lost to history. We remember it 2,066 years later because of William Shakespeare’s immortal words: “Beware the Ides of March.”

We are surrounded by words. A cacophony of voices. But a tiny fraction of those are written down. And a sliver of that fraction of those written words are remembered. And a select few of those remembered, written words reshape our very language and become something that we use to make sense of the world. 

Most of the words we use dissipate into the air. But our goal should be to use words that will shape the future, perhaps even remembered 2000 years from now.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt