We often measure progress and productivity in terms of how much mental stuff we're creating. But if you keep our attention whole, that's not optimizing GDP according to the book. The authors asked a neglected group of laypeople and experts how they find silence in their lives. They found moments of awe, births, deaths were sometimes auditorily quite loud.
We're surrounded by noise. That "noise" can be actual sounds - but also other annoyances and distractions that make it hard for us to concentrate or think clearly. And it's only getting worse - we're all being bombarded with more sirens, more pings, more chatter, more information. And then there are our internal monologues. Silence is just harder to come by.
Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn (co-authors of Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise) join Dr Laurie Santos to discuss the benefits of silence and how we can all seek out more moments of quiet and recognise their value.
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