I think part of the devaluation of emotion is the nature of the work. The computer doesn&#x27;t care that you&#x27;ve had a bad day. The computer doesn&#x27;t care that your kid is sick. The computer doesn&#x27;t care that you&#x27;re behind on your mortgage, or that your partner left you, or that you could really use a hug. The computer is a cruel adversary, and to beat it, you need to discard emotion (at least temporarily) and embrace its cold, logical way of reasoning about the world. You need to beat it at its own game.<p>Is it any wonder that we programmers tend to view logical reasoning as more useful than emotional reasoning?