> I don't like people being able to sneak up behind me This doesn't get discussed enough, compared to noise. There's something very primal about wanting to de

> I don't like people being able to sneak up behind me This doesn't get discussed enough, compared to noise. There's something very primal about wanting to defend our backs. At work, in a restaurant, at the library... I want to have my back against the wall. My lizard brain thinks it's protecting me from predators, but my modern brain really doesn't want a pair of eyes behind me when I'm on email, or reddit, or whatever. And I don't want people to make their inevitable comments whenever I bury my face in my hands to just THINK for a while.