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1) Sound isn't necessarily distracting. Sometimes it could be helpful. Focus@Will (https://www.focusatwill.com/science/science-primer/ https://www.focusatwill
by adamzerner 13y ago
1) Sound isn't necessarily distracting. Sometimes it could be helpful. Focus@Will (https://www.focusatwill.com/science/science-primer/ https://www.focusatwill.com/science/science-primer/) is based on this.
2) You can usually find quiet if you want to rather easily.
3) If you're going to argue that society (or parts of society) should be more quiet, you have to be specific about what parts, and about why restricting sound outweighs the costs. The costs of restricting sound weren't addressed at all.
- venutip 13y ago< 2) You can usually find quiet if you want to rather easily. What are you basing this on, exactly? About half the people on this thread a) have been reduced to wearing sound-canceling or over-the-ear headphones; b) work in open office setups where there is no quiet to be had; or both. That might be your experience, but it certainly isn't the experience of the people on this thread; of the author of the original post; or of most people I know.
- adamzerner 13y agoI meant that you can find quiet when you have the choice of where you want to be. If you're in an office that's noisy, obviously you can't really leave and work somewhere else. But even in a noisy office... you could just use earplugs. Because it's so easy to find or create quiet, it doesn't really seem worth it to restrict noise.
- galaktor 13y ago+1 for focus@will. It has become my default background "noise" for concentration, reading, sports ...