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Noise. Auditory: I can't tell you how accustomed to hearing stuff constantly everyone is. Cars (even just the tires on a busy street), Air Handling, Refrigerat

Noise. Auditory: I can't tell you how accustomed to hearing stuff constantly everyone is. Cars (even just the tires on a busy street), Air Handling, Refrigerators, Beeping timers (ovens/microwaves/calendar reminders). Visual: Web notifications, web advertisements, billboards, "news," spam phone calls/texts. Social: Many people have an expectation that sending a message entitles them to an immediate response. In the age of quick answers from Google, people often forget about slowing down for the speed of thought. Mental: We (humans) can only make so many decisions in a day yet we are overwhelmed with false dichotomies constantly in order to choose one or the other of basically the same thing.

godelski 7y ago
> Visual Or just the light pollution. I definitely think this has an affect on people. I used to live in AZ for awhile and the nights were so beautiful. I'd spend hours looking at the night sky. Now I'm in the PNW and almost never look up (something I've done pretty much my whole life). I'd think light pollution has similar effects as cloudy skies. I used to do some of my most creative thinking late at night staring at the stars. But maybe that's just a change in me. Maybe both.
mauli 7y ago
I came across more bird scare devices [0] lately and most are at ~19-23kHz at -20~30dB (personal measures, device ranges differ). I can hear them and it hurts. Fortunarely they are mainly only deployed near entrances and do not have a broad field of effect. Would be interesting to know how many people do not hear this and feel kinda weird/sick while standing at those places for a longer period of time. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_scarer#Ultrasonic_scarers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_scarer#Ultrasonic_scare...
- jackcodes 7y ago
  I’d run across these all over Tokyo, practically unavoidable on most walks. The worst ones were when you’d be queuing for a ramen for upwards of 30 minutes but you’d be unable to do anything about it.
Aeolun 7y ago
> Social: Many people have an expectation that sending a message entitles them to an immediate response. This one honestly bothers me the most. “But I sent you a message! You didn’t respond, you could have been dead in a ditch!”. Or, you know, I didn’t look at my messages for a few days. If you were worried you could have called any time.

godelski 7y ago

> Visual Or just the light pollution. I definitely think this has an affect on people. I used to live in AZ for awhile and the nights were so beautiful. I'd spend hours looking at the night sky. Now I'm in the PNW and almost never look up (something I've done pretty much my whole life). I'd think light pollution has similar effects as cloudy skies. I used to do some of my most creative thinking late at night staring at the stars. But maybe that's just a change in me. Maybe both.

mauli 7y ago

I came across more bird scare devices [0] lately and most are at ~19-23kHz at -20~30dB (personal measures, device ranges differ). I can hear them and it hurts. Fortunarely they are mainly only deployed near entrances and do not have a broad field of effect. Would be interesting to know how many people do not hear this and feel kinda weird/sick while standing at those places for a longer period of time. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_scarer#Ultrasonic_scarers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_scarer#Ultrasonic_scare...

jackcodes 7y ago
I’d run across these all over Tokyo, practically unavoidable on most walks. The worst ones were when you’d be queuing for a ramen for upwards of 30 minutes but you’d be unable to do anything about it.

Aeolun 7y ago

> Social: Many people have an expectation that sending a message entitles them to an immediate response. This one honestly bothers me the most. “But I sent you a message! You didn’t respond, you could have been dead in a ditch!”. Or, you know, I didn’t look at my messages for a few days. If you were worried you could have called any time.