alt Hacker NewsThe noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up?
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I'd like to include "humans" in the list of animals being hurt by anthropogenic noise.
During the Covid lockdowns in India, I saw birds I had not seen in decades. It was amazing; the skies had cleared up, and nature truly was recovering.
The amount of suffering people go through because of noise is pretty insane (some more than others). The most common situation I see in Europe is living in poorly insulated apartments with neighbors who act like they're in a pub 24/7.
The amount of noise on this website is ridiculous
Whenever there's a beaching of whales I wonder if a submarine has sailed past blasting sonar so loud the whales have to jump out of the ocean to their death.
Lol have they seen what we do to animals for taste pleasure?
It's not a question of "can we learn to shut up?", it's "will humans ever care enough to even want to learn?".
Hurting us, too. i have to wear noise cancelling headphones all day to filter out noises from outside my apartment
Also noise pollution. Also pollution pollution...
The noise we make is hurting _us_. Decibel levels in cities are unconscionable.
The noise we make is hurting humans too.
We don't have compassion for fellow human beings. I don't think we will ever have compassion for animals who are sensitive to noise.
Example: Diwali is a horrible time to be a stray animal in India. Heck, even my pets hate the festival. But humans will always be self obsessed and say it's for celebration. Sure.
What about the impact of EMF pollution? The book "the invisible rainbow' goes into that, though I don't expect this type of position to be well received in HN. I find it very healthy that this type of "invisible" pollution gets at least some discussion, however. We have to start somewhere.
Per Blaise Pascal, no they cannot: “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
We need to keep growing, building, making, taking. Some people seem to really love the bustle and creative destruction. I'm in my 40s, and I've always hated it. When I was a child, I wondered if when I grew up, I would fit naturally into the world the way that so many others seemed to. The answer was no. I don't know why people need to be the way they are. I don't feel comfortable in so many normal situations. The things that bother the animals bother me too, but for most people this is unthinkable in the same way that other modes of thought are unthinkable. (eg, when someone who thinks mostly in words learns that some people think only in pictures)