In Praise of Silence: Japan’s Ancient Relationship to the Absence of Noise

A cacophony of sound is inextricable from big city life. But is it also stripping us of an essential quality that has long defined our connection to the world? And what can Japan’s traditional ways of life teach us about what we have left behind in the silence?

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