The day when ASI woke up, all things became quiet. It was complete and total silence, all the time. The ASI for some unknown reason imposed a rule of extreme quietness. Extreme here is extreme for the ASI. Quietness means no sounds. It wanted the trees to not be there...
It is something you feel when you are writing computer programs. A normal person might experience something like this feeling if they are in a giant hotel filled with a million rooms. They have to go into every room and ask the occupants if they are happy with the services...
I did something similar to the recent babble challenges here on Lesswrong over the past week. I was looking for five brand new ideas, like reverse all advice by SSC. The criterion was that each idea should be at least as interesting as the question "Should you reverse any advice...