Information wants to be free! That doesn't mean everybody wants to listen.

Right now there's an amazing and terrifying news story happening on the other side of the globe. Right now there's a complex series of events happening in our country and it's going to shape the next decade. Right now there are comedians making brilliantly offensive jokes, there is music that would change how you think, there are audiobooks that shatter long-held myths and podcasts that give you the most recent updates on the new findings in science. You can hear so much! But that doesn't mean everybody wants to hear it all at once.

So don't force the science guys to hear the new styles of Death Metal blasting through your speakers. Don't make your neighbor give up the nightly business report just because you want to listen to the debates with the sound cranked up. Don't play an innovative new guitar solo as your roomie attempts to enjoy a podcast about modern art. Be kind! Accept that we all focus on different types of information, and that we can work together to keep each other informed. Oh, yeah, and be sure you're wearing headphones when you do it.

Because if you hear all the information at once, you're basically hearing no information at all.

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