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This appears to be the case: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/the-best-music-for-productivity-silence/509948/?single_page=true https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/the-best... What offices have done is outsource the silence to their workers. I find Metal Machine Music does a good job, however: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIMSbKU2oZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIMSbKU2oZM You know you've been working on a bad project a bit long when you can reliably hum along with it.