Render the Calendar unto Caesar

the Roman-Julian-Gregorian Calendar’s best days are behind them.

April  21st 2019 CE marks the start of the 2,772nd Year since the founding of Rome, and despite reforms in 46 BC by Julius Caesar and 1582 AD by Pope Gregory XIII, it has changed very little over the centuries, although our understanding of our place in the world, and how we think about time, has changed considerably.

“Don’t blame me! I didn’t design the stupid thing!”

–Pope Gregory XIII

The Gregorian Calendar, the one we use to schedule ourselves globally, is the absolute worst tool for the job. Change my mind.