And as for those of us intellectual types-- are we to just be left to "twist in the wind"?
That is a very good question.
For intellectual types, I'd want "nano skills" (if that's word), I'd want some who was intelligent and who could have a good, pleasant and intellectually stimulating conversation and most important, could make me laugh with witty and lighthearted banter!
I just remember that old saying "laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone, for this sad old earth needs plenty of mirth, but has troubles enough of it's own".