Opinion: The Importance of Removing Earphones and Engaging with Surroundings

The hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity | Stefan Stern

Beyond the white noise lies a vibrant world of possibility, so take your headphones off and listen to your surroundings. It may even save your life Er, excuse me. Hello? I’m sorry, but would you mind taking your … I SAID, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING THOSE EARPHONES OUT FOR A SECOND, PLEASE? I try, in the main, to be a live-and-let-live kind of person. Patient. Considerate. But this patience is being tested to breaking point by the proliferation, the epidemic, of almost-ubiquitous earphones. Stefan ...

By Stefan Stern