They also don’t really force their will onto the Moclans. Sure, everyone else fundamentally disagrees with them, but they still respect Moclan sovereignty. The Orville’s federation is content to let them live as they choose. Instead of demanding compliance they agree to disagree. The crew focuses on guidance and assistance so they can help their Moclan allies figure it all out on their own terms.

Think about debate night, think about the day after, the week after, and one year from then. Think about what will happen, what could happen, and what should happen at each time.

Do it again except this time from the perspective of you stayed home and didn’t go.

Focus especially hard on your emotions and how these hypotheticals will make you feel.

Choose the future you want live.

Or if you aren’t good at planning ahead commit to a coin flip. If you accept the result, you either got the one you wanted or truly didn’t care, while If you hesitate and want to flip again then you’ve found the answer you don’t want and should probably go with the other one.

You should learn Rust because you think that the language is intriguing and that controlling the lifespan of a variable is an interesting feature.