This phrase, ladies and gentlemen, is the expository equivalent of “It was a dark and stormy night”.
In other words, they value efficiency over feelings. It’s exactly the way you’d expect a bunch of engineers to run a country.
— Scott Adams, China is Doomed.
In the short run, it makes sense. In the long run, everyone is dead – emotionally.
Nevertheless, this is why you’ll be single for the rest of your life.