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M. Gessen: belief

14 Aug 2019 Conversations with Tyler M. Gessen on the Ins and Outs of Russia

“As teenagers, they started bringing friends home, and I realized that these young people had no experience socializing with people their parents’ ages.”

— M. Gessen

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M. Gessen
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
14 Aug 2019
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

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…Do you think there’s too much age segregation in the United States? I think there is. I see that among my older kids’ friends. As teenagers, they started bringing friends home, and I realized that these young people had no experience socializing with people their parents’ ages. Last two questions before we turn to Q&A. First, if a very smart young person, say 18, 19 years old, came up to you and said they wanted to be like the Masha Gessen of the next generation, and they ask you for advice, nontrivial advice, what would you tell them?…

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