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"In the future the most valuable thing will be silence" --Voltaire

• zimpenfish 6y ago
  Pretty much the only good thing about the lockdown was the massive reduction in sound levels in London. Just off Old Kent Road which means traffic noise dropped, plane noise disappeared[1], general hubbub of the feral children vanished, no late night parties at the community centre, etc. It was as close to blissful as I've encountered in London. [1] Normally one every 5-10 minutes from 0500 to 23000 since we're on Heathrow approach and not far off City's path.
  • ComputerGuru 6y ago
    Lots of good things about the lockdown from the aspect of peace, quiet, nature, clean air, reduced light pollution, and more. It just comes at a cost that society isn’t willing to bear.
    • carapace 6y ago
      https://xkcd.com/2305/ https://xkcd.com/2305/
      • ComputerGuru 6y ago
        It looks like you may have misunderstood what I was saying. The polls pictured that linked to say America is united to defeat coronavirus even at such a high cost. My argument is that this price that nets us these wins of peace, quiet, reduced pollution, etc etc comes at a price that society would not sustain past this crisis.
        • carapace 6y ago
          Ah, sorry, I get it now. And I suspect you're right. FWIW, my big hope is that we can reconfigure our economy to work without conflicting with those wins. (The climate is still changing, so we have to reconfigure anyway.)
  • asdff 6y ago
    In LA, the city has used the downtime to ramp up road and metro construction, and buildings have been shooting up at a faster pace. I drove past one of the neighborhood pits that will turn into an apartment eventually and they had six excavators at the site all digging at once. Instead of road noise, now I get to hear drilling and hammering and dump trucks backing up and having rocks tossed into them at 7 am.
• grogenaut 6y ago
  He went on to say "check out this sweet deal I got on these sony WH-1000XM3's via my Amazon afilliate link below. Don't forget to smash that like and subscribe for future philosophical updates."
  • Sevaris 6y ago
    To be fair, the Sony WF-1000XM3's are awesome and I love mine. Living in a big city is so much more pleasant with noise canceling. It can be surprising to take them off and realize how loud the environment around me actually is.
• Lammy 6y ago
  "Escape From Noise"'s cover art is now even more appropriate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_Noise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_Noise