Comfortably Numb

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Opinion: The sounds of silence

The sounds of silence  Speaking for myself (and I`m certain, speaking for you) I oftentimes think I`m living in a vortex of noise. Surrounded by noise, assailed by noise, disturbed by noise, sometimes rendered distraught by noise. I`m old enough to remember when noise basically meant loud rock concerts, a mixer-grinder doing its work for…

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Book review: Noise by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein

NOISE, A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman/Olivier Sibony/Cass R. Sunstein, HarperCollins Publishers. This is a very interesting study of bad judgement, which places its basic root cause, noise, under the microscope and examines it for its components, sources, influence. And then tells us how to dial down the noise for maximum positive impact…

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