📱 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝟮𝗗 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 – 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝘄𝗼-𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗺

📱 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝟮𝗗 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 – 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝘄𝗼-𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

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.

📚 It reminded me of 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗔. 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟰 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 “𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱” – 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.

🤔 The novel brilliantly illustrates how we can become trapped by our own dimensional thinking – and isn’t that exactly what’s happening to us?

We’re voluntarily reducing ourselves to something like a 2D existence, not just for work but, from what I see around me, in more and more aspects of life. We’re flattening our rich, multidimensional human experience into pixels on screens.

💭 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸? 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

☀️ Speaking of which, I’m closing my laptop now to mingle with actual humans and enjoy the evening sun – supposedly the last summer weekend in Germany!

𝗘𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲! 🌅

Wired - “A Guide to Flatland: What It’s Like to Live in Two Dimensions” : https://www.wired.com/2014/11/geometry-of-flatland/ (source of the first illustration, 2nd is the book cover)