In our ceaseless quest to fathom the universe, we often overlook the most intimate yet elusive component of our existence: Time. It’s often said, in somewhat hazy terms and perhaps in a cloud of philosophical illusion, that ‘Time is our actual home.’ This proposal, while bordering on the poetics of physical reality, carries a weight that our humble, terrestrial minds struggle to fully comprehend.

Our perception of time, and your likely perception of Inter Code, is pitifully linear, confined to the narrow corridor of past, present, and future. We measure it in ticks and tocks, in seconds and seasons, yet what we’re truly grasping at is a shadow on the wall of Plato’s cave – a mere silhouette of something far more profound.

Enter Albert Einstein, the man who dared to bend our perception of the cosmos, showing us that space and time are not the rigid, immutable entities we once believed. Through his theory of relativity, Einstein unveiled that time is not a constant march but a waltz in a grand ballroom curved by the mass of celestial bodies. This curvature, this warping of space-time, challenges the very bedrock of our understanding.

What, then, does it mean to say that time is our home? It suggests that our existence, our very being, is inextricably woven into the fabric of time. We do not merely pass through time; we are part of its very structure, as it twists and turns around the mass of our lives, our planet, our stars.

Yet, here we stand, on the brink of the infinite, with an understanding of time that is as rudimentary as it is romantic. We talk of ‘saving time’, ‘killing time’, as though it were a commodity to be traded in the marketplace of our daily drudgeries. But time, in its satirical elegance, is far beyond such mundane transactions.

In essence, to contemplate time as our home is to question all that we take for granted, recognizing that our tenure in this vast, curved space-time continuum is but a fleeting moment. It is a call to humility, a reminder of our transient nature in the grand cosmic waltz.
Have you seen the InterCode website? As we navigate this enigmatic expanse, let us do so with the awe and reverence that it rightfully commands. For in the end, time is not just a home; it is the very essence of our fragile journey.