Silence is said to be golden - implying even some sort of material benefit or wealth as it’s reward.

I wonder, how exactly does silence ever translate to material benefit or wealth?

Or just how precisely is silence golden generally speaking?

  • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    You may enjoy listening to his episode of freakonomics: Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears

    Some people will spend a lot of money to have the benefit of some control over their ambience. Home location choices. Choice to have a personal vehicle vs. public transportation. Purchasing expensive noise cancelling headphones…