Sunday, November 14, 2021
Light and sound are opposite
Random popup thought:
Signal vs noise has opposite meanings for light and sound.
We are built to need ambient light, but we don't primarily use light for signals. Sunlight gives us vitamin D and immunity, and light helps us walk and work. Reading and writing are innate, but they weren't an important means of signaling until a few hundred years ago.
We are built to use sound for signals. Ambient sound is annoying and unhealthy.
So: Our buildings are designed to MAXIMIZE ambient light and MINIMIZE ambient sound.
Labels: asked and worth asking again
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