As i get older, i find noise more rum annoying, meaning things i'm hearing i don't want to hear. It's not so much a matter of the beeping trucks as much as the whole idea of a sound escape and what we are so cavalier about. Sound is one of our most evolutionarily ancient senses. Our brain knows whether we're consciously aware of it or not. Meann noise is just a by product of our industrial society. And nobody has really thought about it. So you know, with this book, people will think about how important, how deeply importantsound is.