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NotPhil  ·  4134 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I’m Thinking. Please. Be Quiet.

    But I assure you that this racket means no more to me than the sound of waves or falling water

Wasn't your namesake a stoic? He wasn't going to let anything get to him, was he?

I think noise pollution has gotten to be a serious problem, but we're not just stoic about it; we seem to celebrate it.





Seneca  ·  4134 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I agree. Personally I'm more with Schopenhauer on this than with Seneca. The article you posted is great, but unfortunately many people seem to be only to happy and even proud to be making noise, as if being noisy were some kind of achievement. I guess the void in their head has to be filled with something, and noise seems to do the trick.