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2 Oct 2024 Conversations with Tyler Kyla Scanlon on Communicating Economic Ideas through Social Media
“I think younger women are more empathetic, and so maybe they’re able to pick up on the nuances of science fiction.”
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- Kyla Scanlon
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- 2 Oct 2024
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…More generally, why do you think young women are more likely to read fantasy than science fiction? Maybe it’s because it is too real. I think younger women are more empathetic, and so maybe they’re able to pick up on the nuances of science fiction. Or perhaps it’s just not the interest in aliens and in other worlds like that. I think there’s more romanticism that happens for younger women versus men, and you get a lot of that in fantasy. Not romantic in the sense of love, but just beautiful places, and science fiction can tend to be more warfare. [laughs] Now fast-forward to age 16. You’re in high school. All of a sudden, you’ve become an options trader. How did that happen?…
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