Reminds me of the seashell ear-thimbles from Fahrenheit 451.
Headphones Everywhere
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#12Here in New York City, 90% of subway riders may be listening to headphones or engrossed in their smartphones, playing games, checking email, etc. I have a feeling it's cut down on altercations and fights, maybe even panhandling and performers. I wonder if there's any data on it or if a similar effect happens elsewhere.
Yet the wardens seem desperate to keep those items out of prisons...
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#13this comes off like such rambling with no real point to it. I suppose if I had to try and find his points they would be: * "headphones are bad because they cause us to be isolated" * "Millennials are seeing themselves as hard done by" The second point might not be what the author means though, but the former has strong tones throughout the piece. I do not agree, headphones are a way of having some level of privacy in…
Amanda Petrusich is a woman.
I'm more surprised that podcasts and audiobooks aren't mentioned. I only listen to music at the gym and at work. When I'm travelling I like to listen to stuff that will push me but when I'm working I just use music to block the noise.
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#14For the most part the shared auditive environment is polluted beyond believe. Loud 24x7 traffic, degenerates with tiny phone speakers blaring, no holds barred shouting across the street ... The only way to keep some sanity is to shut it out. It is not the people donning headphones that are a-social, it is those that make it necessary to wear one that should be blamed.
Yes, one doubts the author would prefer it if we all traded in our headphones for boomboxes.
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#15> Is the ubiquity of headphones just another emblem of catastrophic social decline, edging us even deeper into narcissism and unsociability?
No.
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#16I might just not like to hear the loud outside world and block it with headphones.
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#17>Portable audio, then, is likely more a reflection than an engine of our egotism
I'm just going to leave that brilliant observation right there. :^)
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#18I listen to podcasts usually, makes my bike commute of 25 min seem to go much faster while I'm listening to No Agenda or the Linux Action Show. I do notice though that whenever I take them off, usually because I already have a head full of thoughts, there is a soothing effect. I think the constant flow of information is nice as a distraction but makes one much less mindful of other things. The brain does not seem to…
Similar feelings. Podcasts in particular are tricky because they do require active participation, in a way. Even if it doesn't feel like it, parsing and paying attention to what people say is work
I've found that listening to random music ("I'm feeling lucky" on Google Music) is much more soothing than listening to any podcast...
But walking around and listening to your surroundings are a good way to cool off, and kinda forget about difficulties. Listening to the traffic go by can be hypnotic....
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#19"In 2012, the headphone industry saw a quick thirty-two-per-cent leap in revenue "
And once Apple removes the headphone jack, the revenue will spike again.
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#20this comes off like such rambling with no real point to it. I suppose if I had to try and find his points they would be: * "headphones are bad because they cause us to be isolated" * "Millennials are seeing themselves as hard done by" The second point might not be what the author means though, but the former has strong tones throughout the piece. I do not agree, headphones are a way of having some level of privacy in…
Definitely true. I didn't read the article, but it sounds like an annoying extrovert asserting the virtues of extrovertism. As an introvert, my mind may have came to that conclusion by paranoia.