I think that one main issue is that many people unfortunately equate math with routine calculations or rote memorization. I think it&#x27;s valuable to communicate that actually math is the art of creative thinking. To do this, it helps to share some &quot;gems&quot;, or examples with powerful &quot;Aha&quot; factors.<p>Along these lines, I have a very fresh one: last week, I just had a very shocking (mathematical) realization while thinking about football:<p>There is a way to instantly see the optimal running angle when evading an equal-speed defender in football: eyeball the line which runs through the midpoint between you and the defender, and see where it hits the edge of the field - run straight there.<p>I was immediately floored by this observation, because it is so easy in retrospect that it should be common knowledge. Yet literally everybody I&#x27;ve told this to has said that it was new to them - mathematicians &amp; people from the general public. I quickly threw together a video to share it across the community:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;9sxVgJ_wPaM?list=PLqv4sKOD1bsUoSs-SbzlA2BE1tML4A33u" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;9sxVgJ_wPaM?list=PLqv4sKOD1bsUoSs-SbzlA2BE1...</a><p>I think that by thinking of and packaging cool nuggets of &quot;math&quot; like this to share, we can help rebrand the image of math. :)