Konstantin Kisin

I can't talk about the tax system or how I think the country should be run.

The one thing I can be an expert on is the feelings that I've had in going through this experience.

But yeah, I think there's also enormous pressure on young people to be...

successful very young and to have things to show on social media so for this book I had to hide away for a long time to get it done I could not be tweeting and posting videos of myself because I did not have the time and the attention to do it but I think young people think now they have to constantly prove that they're doing something impressive and show that they exist so they have to keep doing stuff and so you're seeing people

like putting more care and attention to their Twitter than maybe doing a longer project, like a book, because you have to hide away to some extent.

Yeah, I think the main theme I sort of noticed in the book is risk aversion among young women in terms of dating and relationships.

And it's funny because I think a lot of the time we get told the problem is something that's not true anymore.

So a lot of people think the problem is women being too dependent on men.

Whereas really, for my generation, the problem is women being very risk averse, scared of, and even having contempt

for men.

But a lot of the dating advice is about how to stay independent and, you know, not lose yourself in a relationship.

And then the other dating advice we get is

you know, the pressure to settle down, how to deal with that pressure.

But people are asking, when are you having children and when are you getting married?

And I see that all the time, even though I've never experienced it.

In my experience, it's always been pressure to stay single.

And it's scrutiny if you want to settle down too young.

And so I think...

a lot of the dating advice hasn't caught up to our main issue, which is risk aversion.

So if you go on hashtag relationships on TikTok, it's all red flags, what to watch out for, signs that he's a narcissist, signs he's going to cheat on you.