Justin Mather
@itsjustmath
All puns intended.
Justin Mather
itsjustmath.net
The pandemic accelerated the virtual takeover (for better and worse). Better for knowledge workers to take back their time, worse in many more ways. Virtual interactions, virtual value creation, virtual pseudo-collaboration. We are evolved for the physical world, the tangible, the physical, the imperfect, the a social, a human scale.
LOGS: 2025 and LOGS
How Barbenheimer Launched a Nationwide Union Movement
youtu.be“It doesn’t matter if it’s good right now, it just needs to exist.”
First drafts - Austin Kleon
Style is what you can't help doing
Thinking about brands like Rapha or the recent uptick of social “members only” gyms like Be More and X Denver.
This LinkedIn post calls them “clubhouses” but I prefer the inclusive nature of “third places” but I do wonder if the pay to play acts a filtering mechanism.
My hunch is that these third places that are going to scale and be monetized be related to things that culture is obsessed with like work, exercise, commerce
The bridge between two worlds
If you were born in the 80s or 90s, you grew up in a world that doesn't exist anymore.
You remember when friendship meant knocking on someone's door, not sending a text.
When Saturday mornings were made for cartoons, not scrolling feeds.
When happiness came from mixtapes, bike rides, and streetlights telling you it was
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Reminder to self to read my work aloud during the editing process.
An idea is different than a story. An idea can be sparked by a pattern noticed or an observation seen. But on its own an idea is not a story. A story is a compelling way to communicate ideas to others.
LOGS and LOGS: 2025
Play is how children learn; art is how adults play.
- Brian Eno & Bette A.