[atomical]

The moral compass / exploit is a red herring. The bigger issue is that some guy on the internet, who claims to be driven in all the right ways, isn't talking about doing real life shit to land a job so he can provide for his family. He won't take real college courses because he can learn the subjects on his own so much faster. So instead he majors in Spanish. Huh?

In life you need to know when to jump through hoops to get ahead. But his ego and ideology prevent him from making the choices necessary to be successful.

[Blackthorn]

I've found that a lot of hacker types have this problem. There comes a point where it's really beneficial to put your nose against the grindstone and jump through a few ridiculous hoops. Is it stupid? Sure, but at the end of the day if it benefits you to play the game, you play the game.