93. The Future of Cities E01: Building for Resilience w/ Justas Petronis

​​Host André Marquet speaks with Justas Petrónis. Justas is the lead product manager at TransferGo. Justas holds a degree in Analytic Philosophy and studied at the University of Leuven and Vytautas Magnus University. He also regularly lectures about Marketing and Epistemology. He used to teach Philosophy of Mind & Theory of Artificial Intelligence at the Kaunas University of Technology. Additionally, Justas calls himself a walkability and public transit advocate. In this podcast, we reason why every product manager needs to be a philosopher, the mantra of building things that don’t scale, and building certainty in the complete environment of uncertainty. And why the best way to reduce traffic jams by 30% is to fix public schools. Because optimizing for efficiency you will be in a situation where you leave people behind. Timestamps: 0:30 welcome 1:00 guest introduction 1:45 Justas tells about the change in his daily life in face of the RU-UA war 4:30 Is there a peaceful way out of war 7:40 How did Justas start in product management? 10:40 Epistemology: what does it mean to know? 13:10 How product happened in Justas life as a philosophy student | Talk with a modern philosophy lecturer over a drink leads to career decisions 15:45 Fascination about technology helps to find UX design 17:00 Justas's role in TransferGo, competitors of the company. How can money transfers be juxtaposed with bus drivers? 22:35 Helping people who don’t have access to banks. 24:20 Aspects of the work which Justas is the most passionate about 26:00 What would Justas learn in 3 months if he had to choose? 28:30 Clashes of different civilizations 29:50 “Short history of Russia” by Mark Galeotti 32:30 Product experience at Trafi. How did Justas start caring about mobility issues? Fixing traffic jams by fixing public schools. Vilnius city CTO Eglė Radvilė. 37:50 Vilnius City Mayor Remigijus Šimašius. Metric-based thinking in Vilnius. 40:00 Building for resilience - What is the right way to start building product-driven cultures in citi