Traffic depressions. Road potholes. Potholes in the asphalt. In modern society, these natural imperfections are seen as a problem to be solved. We fill them in, level them out, and make roads as smooth and comfortable as possible. But imagine if we did the opposite: instead of filling in these potholes, we deepened them. What sounds like a radical and perhaps even absurd idea could be a revolutionary step in the evolution of humanity and the universe.