Alexis Ohanian
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 12 Jun
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and this is closely related, women tend to endure a lot better than men. And this is one of the reasons why when you look at prisons, you look at terrorist organizations, you look at when people are pushed to extremes, disproportionately men that end up not turning out well.
So I think we have an imperative here where if we have a generation of young men who are feeling disillusioned, who are feeling demoralized, who are feeling this insecurity, this deep, deep, deep pain, like we all have an incentive to make sure that they're getting that high protein diet of things that will actually help them be better and actually give them a path towards self-improvement and give them a path towards being successful, viable members of society.
Because unlike women, they're not going to handle that well. And and so I can make the case from a like a value standpoint, like, hey, I think it's important to support these young men. But I also would make the case just from a societal standpoint, like it is in our best interest for for public safety, for all the things to make sure we get those sort of that generation back on track.
And I think it starts with conversations like this between high profile men who've had success in their careers, who can talk about and normalize a lot of this stuff. Because at the end of the day, if we don't have those examples, what else fills the gaps? And I don't like the alternatives that fill in the gaps.
And what's wild is, you know, I didn't really, I very much broke into tech and business and learned a ton. And every time I keep going up and I tell the guys this all the time, I keep leveling up. Right. And I keep meeting new people and sort of getting another peek behind the curtain of like how the world works or how business works and all that stuff.
And it's been eyeopening because like there's shit I would, if I just could tell my 15 year old self and be like, don't do that, that's stupid. Like, like there's actually a smarter way to do that. And I hope to always keep feeling that to some extent, but as I keep doing that and keep meeting more and more folks, I have yet to to meet one who doesn't have this level of introspection and depth.
And I'll tell you, it's most telling among the billionaires who are now grandparents, men who have achieved everything you could hope for in business. It doesn't matter the industry. Who are looking at their grandkids as a second chance because they didn't get to or didn't want to or weren't interested in or whatever we want to call it, spending that time with their own kids.
And they're so grateful for that second chance. But I keep looking at all these stories from men who I really, really, really respect. And the ones who feel like they've had the most fulfilling life all keep coming back to human experiences they have with loved ones, with family. And like I said, I got a...
much smaller scale version of that with my own mom who who never wanted for anything and when you get to spend time with folks who have a few years left to live it becomes very telling especially to do it in my 20s full of all that youthful vigor and invulnerability to get humbled and see someone who does not care for anything other than the experiences she had and the humans she loves bro i i
That was probably one of the greatest gifts she could have given me was that perspective. So that when I did find wealth, when I did find notoriety, I'd be lying if I said it doesn't affect me in some ways. Sure, it affects me. But I have never, never gotten it twisted about what actually mattered. And I've never wanted for notoriety or fame. I've never wanted for wealth.
I've wanted for things that help me get more time with the people I care about and make me feel like I'm living a fulfilled and purposeful life that's providing value to people. And that was a gift she gave. And so I don't know the more that we can normalize this stuff, especially among folks. And I say men in particular, but all people, but especially men who have reached the highest levels.
I want that 18 year old or that 16 year old, that 12 year old to be watching or looking and going like, Hey, all right. These guys are talking about stuff that feels like it has substance, it has meaning, it has purpose. And they're still the ass kickers in the day job, whatever it is across the industry. Like these things are not mutually exclusive.
And I just, I want to see more of those voices like yours get amplified because it's, I think it's very, very important.
That is at the crux of, of I think every conversation we ultimately have as a couple, which is, It's funny, I'm very obviously high tech. She's very low tech. Sometimes it literally comes down to calendaring and making sure, like if I had my druthers, it would all be digital. I finally got Serena to modernize a little bit.
And now we have a giant, like a dry erase board calendar that sits at the dinner table. where she'll put in her schedule and then I have to go and usually I'll take a photo of it to send to my admins and then we'll write in mail. But at least we have one shared space where we know like, okay, Papa's out of town for this business trip. Mama's going to do this thing. And It is the hardest thing.
It is explicitly creating date nights. I mean, it's funny. It's the same tactics that you'd hear any couple talking about with a therapist about like, Hey, what are the ways to keep the relationship going, the romance, all that stuff. And it, it is definitely amplified in all kinds of ways with a higher profile relationship.
But the other reality is, so Serena has been working since she was a kid and right? Like tennis was not, I mean, it is a sport, but like, it's a job, right? The amount of hours she was putting in the responsibility, as soon as she started like playing, like playing, playing was tremendous responsibility.
So, you know, I'm married to someone who has been working for 35, 36 years and who had a childhood. And I think Serena would say like, was a great childhood, not a normal childhood, but she, Now she's evolved her word into, you know, she's still got businesses, just launched this beauty brand when shameless plug, a great brand. And, and so she's still doing business things.
She's investing, but she also loves, I mean, she's her class. She's the classroom mom for Olympia. She gets to spend so much of her time now, uh, being an active and super engaged mom for her kids.
And I can't help, and I've told her this too, can't help but feel like this is a chance for her to, she's on the other side of it now, but to live that life that she didn't really have, which was, you know, where your number one job as a kid is just to go to school, learn things, hang out with your friends. And who knows if Olympia keeps going with the tennis or the golf, we'll see.
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