[henryl]

Sorry this deserves dramatic pose. Hackers are not immune from the human condition. What of the irrational triumphs? Of serendipity and of chance? To believe all things solvable through logic, science, and engineering is hubris. Emotions matter. Manipulation matters. Hackers excel at local optimization, but without the turbulence, the conflict, and the occasional "kick" delivered by those that think differently, we would face a gradual descent into extinction.