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We have the capacity for about 1.6 human conversations, so if you're listening to one conversation particularly, you're only left with 0.6 for your inner voice that helps you write.
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If you put music on top of noise, it's like putting icing on top of mud; it might look like a cake, but it doesn't taste like one.
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We experience every space in five senses, so it's strange that architects design just for the eyes.
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Sound in a space affects us profoundly. It changes our heart rate, breathing, hormone secretion, brain waves. It affects our emotions and our cognition.
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People find birdsong relaxing and reassuring because over thousands of years, they have learnt when the birds sing, they are safe; it's when birds stop singing that people need to worry.
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Noise is the number one problem in modern offices. A big part of addressing this issue is making sure unwanted sound from adjacent spaces doesn't intrude or interfere.
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Intention is very important in sound, in listening. When I married my wife, I promised her I would listen to her every day as if for the first time. Now that's something I fall short of on a daily basis.
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If you're surrounded by noise all the time, it has a pretty bad effect on the spirit.
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Listening is an activity. It's not passive. We are creating the world by listening all the time.
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You can detect a hostile listening or a bored listening or a tired listening or an excited and engaged listening.
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We're designing environments that make us crazy. And it's not just our quality of life which suffers. It's our health, our social behavior, and our productivity as well.
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Sound affects us physiologically, psychologically, cognitively, and behaviorally all the time. The sound around us is affecting us even though we're not conscious of it.
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