๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ โ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ผ-๐ฑ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ
๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐’๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ โ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ผ-๐ฑ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
This thought emerged during a recent discussion with colleagues and customers about how we collaborate in distributed, often remote teams. There are definitely pros and cons to consider.
๐ It reminded me of ๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐. ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐’๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น “๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ” โ a brilliant mathematical story that explores both spatial dimensions and social commentary.
The tale follows A. Square, who lives in a 2D world where social hierarchy is determined by geometry: women are line segments, lower classes are triangles, and circles sit at the top. When A. Square encounters a Sphere from the 3D world of “Spaceland,” his perception is forever changed. He tries to share this revelation with fellow Flatlanders but faces ridicule and imprisonment for challenging their limited worldview.
๐ค The novel brilliantly illustrates how we can become trapped by our own dimensional thinking โ and isn’t that exactly what’s happening to us?
We’re voluntarily reducing ourselves to a 2D existence, not just for work, but increasingly in all aspects of life. We’re flattening our rich, multidimensional human experience into pixels on screens.
๐ญ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ? ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป-๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป?
โ๏ธ Speaking of which, I’m closing my laptop now to mingle with actual humans and enjoy the evening sun โ supposedly the last summer weekend in Germany!
๐๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ! ๐
Wired - “A Guide toย Flatland: What It’s Like to Live in Two Dimensions” : https://lnkd.in/eB2dexNE (source of the first illustration, 2nd is the book cover)
Cross-posted to LinkedIn