Konstantin Kisin

Lucy, I'm messing with you.

I actually think this is a really interesting point because we are a little bit older than you.

Well, probably about eight years.

We don't have to be public about it.

When we were at school, I actually don't remember being taught anything that would predispose me to this kind of worldview.

But I went to school in England, so it may be a bit different.

I guess what I'm guessing at is when you mentioned that the American education system, A, didn't prepare you to be critically thinking about some of these things, but did it also prepare you for the view that you just described, which is this is the right side of history?

Were you being told about climate change is about to destroy the planet and all this kind of stuff at school?

Of course.

Yeah.

And by the way, the reason I'm digging into why you had the views that you had is I actually think, you know, I've always tried to understand where people are coming from.

Doesn't mean that I agree or accept or tolerate even, but understanding I think is the most important thing.

And one of the things you mentioned is kind of interesting.

You mentioned young women.

This is something that Orwell wrote about in 1984, that it is young women that tend to go for all these social, I don't know what the right word is.

Well, right.

But also, I guess he wasn't really talking about social justice.

I think he just meant if there was a kind of social derangement in which everybody went in a particular direction, it didn't have to be about social justice necessarily.

It was just about a lot of people who hadn't thought about something critically, but felt very passionately that it was the right thing to do.

Does that match your experience with the people around you, young women?