It was a machine. At first it was kind of creepy to have the feeling that when you entered the building you were part of a machine. But after a couple of weeks it was addictive and I have never looked forward to going to work somewhere as much as I did while working there. Even climbing the rocks on my enforced days off gained a mental narrative that "I'm climbing this rock to be the best part of the machine I can be".

Sure most of the times I was tapped out I was distracted by personal thoughts. But one time I was just thinking about the problem. I protested "but I was thinking about the problem!" and they said "go think somewhere else!".