There's a balance here. I don't like the idea of talking without producing either, but using this as an argument to shut down all discussion about working envi

There's a balance here. I don't like the idea of talking without producing either, but using this as an argument to shut down all discussion about working environment isn't going to help matters. Headphones are a big topic of discussion because default working environments are so far from what many of us find optimal (and, indeed, what seems to be empirically optimal if you look at the studies in Peopleware).