And in my opinion, the most crucial part of the hacker spirit is ESR's own edict: "No problem should have to be solved twice."
So I would convey the exact opposite aspect of the hacker spirit to the youth. Don't feel the need to read anything about history that isn't directly related to what you want to hack on. Black box liberally and dangerously and deal with the consequences as they appear. If reading history is what you want to do with your spare time, great, but let's be clear about what the actual heart of this avocation is.
I mean if you go for OSCP you end up in a virtual environment which many done before you (some with success). It is up to you if and how you approach such puzzle. And if your itch is writing X in Rust or Y in Python, why not? It is your choice... but you don't have to.
So I would convey the exact opposite aspect of the hacker spirit to the youth. Don't feel the need to read anything about history that isn't directly related to what you want to hack on. Black box liberally and dangerously and deal with the consequences as they appear. If reading history is what you want to do with your spare time, great, but let's be clear about what the actual heart of this avocation is.