The hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity | Stefan Stern

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Sun, 09 Aug 2026 05:00:06 GMT

Beyond the white noise lies a vibrant world of possibility, so take your headphones off and listen to your surroundings. It may even save your lifeEr, excuse me. Hello? I’m sorry, but would you mind taking your … I SAID, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING THOSE EARPHONES OUT FOR A SECOND, PLEASE?I try, in the main, to be a live-and-let-live kind of person. Patient. Considerate. But this patience is being tested to breaking point by the proliferation, the epidemic, of almost-ubiquitous earphones.Stefan Stern is co-author of Myths of Management and the former director of the High Pay Centre. His latest book is Fair or Foul: The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition Continue reading...

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