Silence: In the Age of Noise

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My expectations, based on the book's summary, was that he would be writing about his experiences of silence journeying to the North or South Poles, for example, and that he might reach some profound conclusions.

Livet er langt, hvis du ved, hvordan du skal bruge det Men livet er meget kort og hektisk for dem, som glemmer fortiden, forsømmer nutiden og frygter fremtiden. While I already know of the importance of getting away from devices, shutting off and getting away from it all, not all of us have that luxury. The author's powers of endurance, extreme austerities during his travels makes you want to get a grip on life and stop complaining. Silent night, holy night; All is calm, all is bright": there is something about the lulling rhythm and the soothing final cadence of Silent Night that captures the spirit and quietude of Christmas – if not always the reality, with frantic preparations and merriment replacing the opportunity for quiet, reflection and true connection. He starts the book with a story about his teenage daughters at dinner expressing a disdain for silence and wanting to "quickly pull their smartphones out to find the answer.

Or, to say it in a way that makes it sound slightly more achievable, simply comes from being particularly practiced in "tuning out the noise". Looking back, however, learning to live without personal space was more a process of personal liberation than an accommodation to my new reality.

My children wonder less and less; if they still wonder at anything, they pull out their smartphones to find the answer’ … Erling Kagge, author of Silence in the Age of Noise. As someone that's always enjoyed time alone but makes a living from the internet, finding silence within noise is something that's important to me. None of them had any interest in discussing the subject of silence, so, to invoke it, I told them about two friends of mine who had decided to climb Mount Everest.For the next 17 minutes, I spoke about the silence around us, but I also talked about something that is even more important to me: the silence within us.

The clue is in this passage: Deep down in the ocean, below the waves and ripples, you can find your internal silence.

Read this book if you're looking for profound and striking wisdom like, "The most important book you can read is one about yourself," "The best things in life are sometimes free," "We prefer the hunt for the rabbit over its capture," and "Silence is more exclusive and long-lasting than other luxuries" -- and other things only wealthy people have ever said. Never in my sixty-three years have I learned more about myself or become more comfortable in my own skin. A volte mi sono trovato a riflettere sul fatto che le gioie più semplici, come per esempio osservare il muschio sopra un sasso, sono quelle più difficili da descrivere.