Our Divisions Are Mostly Imaginary

At work, we often treat roles like they’re stacked on top of each other.
Front-end, back-end, ops, business…But just like our planet, there’s no real “above” or “below.” Just different angles on the same problem.

When teams drop the hierarchy mindset and focus on the shared goal, everything moves faster and cleaner.

Today my daughter asked me a funny little question.

“Baba, is Dhaka underneath America?”

I smiled.
Kids see the world the way we once did… simple, straight, and full of curiosity.

I told her something I wish more adults remembered.

In space, there is no “up” or “down.”

Everything is relative.
The direction you call “up” is “down” for someone else.

Our planet is round.
We’re all hanging on to the same globe, held in place by the same force… gravity.

So Dhaka is not below.
Florida is not above.
We’re all tiny dots stuck to the same spinning world, trying to live our lives the best we can.

Later I explained gravity to her in simple words. The pull that keeps us standing, walking, and living. And how most directions are things our mind creates just to understand life better.

Funny how a child’s question can remind you:
Our divisions are mostly imaginary.
The world is one.