@zeni.eth
more seriously, getting exceptionally skilled at debate pays dividends later on, whether in politics, law, or even running a startup. Polish those rhetoric skills
if they have an engineering inclination as well, there's plenty of room for hyper-detail orientation
many people in the original cypherpunk group fit that description
https://paragraph.xyz/@chaskin/who-even-were-the-cypherpunks
It's all about taking the skills and channeling them into something that matters. stay away from nihilism/cynicism, etc.