Alexis Ohanian

now it puts a framing on all the times we get together because we know at some point it'll be the last one that someone is going to be there could be us and and so again we're not i mean look we're still doing the same dumb like we were at a brewery in baltimore last time like it's not we're not that sophisticated about it but i'll tell you what though we've gotten a lot smarter as we've gotten older i think we have gotten a lot better

now it puts a framing on all the times we get together because we know at some point it'll be the last one that someone is going to be there could be us and and so again we're not i mean look we're still doing the same dumb like we were at a brewery in baltimore last time like it's not we're not that sophisticated about it but i'll tell you what though we've gotten a lot smarter as we've gotten older i think we have gotten a lot better

telling one another actually how we feel which is again this is a nuts thing for if you talk to my 20 year old self like would you imagine yourself having like thoughtful conversations about like life with your with your guys and the answer would have been no of course not like we're talking about football or video games or girls

telling one another actually how we feel which is again this is a nuts thing for if you talk to my 20 year old self like would you imagine yourself having like thoughtful conversations about like life with your with your guys and the answer would have been no of course not like we're talking about football or video games or girls

but but that's been a nice part of getting older is now there's more depth to this relationship like we have true true trust and intimacy and we have this feeling like I can I can literally tell this person everything because he's seen me at my best and my worst and like this is my boy right and that unlock gives me something that powers me up for however long it is until I see them again.

but but that's been a nice part of getting older is now there's more depth to this relationship like we have true true trust and intimacy and we have this feeling like I can I can literally tell this person everything because he's seen me at my best and my worst and like this is my boy right and that unlock gives me something that powers me up for however long it is until I see them again.

And when I think about what is missing right now, I think about all of the young men who don't have great role models and can now access any role model they want, but they are going to default to the junk food And that's not a judgment. It's the same reason I really want to pick up the Snickers, right, instead of whatever the better choice is.

And when I think about what is missing right now, I think about all of the young men who don't have great role models and can now access any role model they want, but they are going to default to the junk food And that's not a judgment. It's the same reason I really want to pick up the Snickers, right, instead of whatever the better choice is.

There's an intellectual version of that junk food that exists, which is not nourishing. It's not actually helping you grow. And it's trying to fill a void. You have a hunger for this thing. And I think men in particular, the shadow of all of the emphasis being put on women is that so little attention has been put on our young men.

There's an intellectual version of that junk food that exists, which is not nourishing. It's not actually helping you grow. And it's trying to fill a void. You have a hunger for this thing. And I think men in particular, the shadow of all of the emphasis being put on women is that so little attention has been put on our young men.

And I would love to see not attention taken away, but more attention found to be placed on talking about young men, supporting young men, because... And there have been, I was a, so I was briefly a Kiva fellow. So I volunteered for Kiva when I left Reddit the first time. So I was in Armenia working with entrepreneurs and it was amazing.

And I would love to see not attention taken away, but more attention found to be placed on talking about young men, supporting young men, because... And there have been, I was a, so I was briefly a Kiva fellow. So I volunteered for Kiva when I left Reddit the first time. So I was in Armenia working with entrepreneurs and it was amazing.

One of the big lessons they take away from that is women entrepreneurs anywhere in the world are a far better investment than men because the money that you invest in them that they use to help build a business oftentimes gets reinvested more often than not in the family, in the community, versus if you do it for men, Some of the money goes to the family communities.

One of the big lessons they take away from that is women entrepreneurs anywhere in the world are a far better investment than men because the money that you invest in them that they use to help build a business oftentimes gets reinvested more often than not in the family, in the community, versus if you do it for men, Some of the money goes to the family communities.

Some of the money goes to the local bar, local establishment, whatever. Like basically investing in women in emerging economies just has a bigger impact on society. And it kind of tracks. It's a generalization, but I think we're sitting here going, yeah, okay, that kind of tracks. But then you go a step further and it's like, okay, under duress,

Some of the money goes to the local bar, local establishment, whatever. Like basically investing in women in emerging economies just has a bigger impact on society. And it kind of tracks. It's a generalization, but I think we're sitting here going, yeah, okay, that kind of tracks. But then you go a step further and it's like, okay, under duress,

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.

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.

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.