The Myth We Build Together

Ellen Petry Leanse
4 min readMar 1, 2020

Imagine walking on a floor held up by thousands — 180,000 to be exact — of tiny plastic people. Each molded figure does the same thing: reaching up, they support the floor, making it strong enough to walk on.

All molded identically in shape and size, designed specifically for their task as “floor bearers,” these figurines work silently and obediently, keeping the floor level and bearing the pressure as real-life feet stride across them.

Image credit to art21.org

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Ellen Petry Leanse

Apple pioneer, entrepreneur, Google alum, Stanford instructor. Neuroscience author / educator. Coach, advocate, advisor, and optimist. Thinks different.