" The hurrieder I go / The behinder I get —NEEDLEPOINT SEEN IN BOONVILLE, CA Programmers don’t talk because they must not be interrupted.… To synchronize with other people (or their representation in telephones, buzzers and doorbells) can only mean interrupting the thought train. Interruptions mean certain bugs. You must not get off the train. —ELLEN ULLMAN "

― Brian Christian , Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions