Kyla Scanlon: uncertainty

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…But a lot of that, people use as a channel for relating to you as a person, right? If I hold a public event, it’s striking to me, not just that it’s predominantly male, but it’s males within a certain age range, something like 20 to 35, who are somehow looking for something. They are smart, and I maybe give them some smart content they want. But it’s also connected to — there are different models of how a person can be or can be curious or can be productive, and they’re very interested in that. The people who are 60 years old don’t feel they need to come see me because wherever they’ve ended up, it’s where they’re at. Maybe with you there’s a similar dynamic? You’re a model for something for them? Productivity. I don’t know. Maybe. I haven’t really thought about that. I guess so. I’m not sure what people would find in me. If you hold a public event, who shows up? A book signing.…

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