Anyone reading this Nautilus article should also read the counter-point article from 2016 http://nautil.us/issue/38/noise/noise-is-a-drug-and-new-york-is-full-

Anyone reading this Nautilus article should also read the counter-point article from 2016 http://nautil.us/issue/38/noise/noise-is-a-drug-and-new-york-is-full-of-addicts http://nautil.us/issue/38/noise/noise-is-a-drug-and-new-york... Lewis Black, a comedian, couches his praise of noise in a cynical one-liner, noting dryly, “The reason I live in New York City is because it’s the loudest city on the planet Earth. It’s so loud I never have to listen to any of the shit that’s going on in my own head.”