Anti-noise strategies fail because they cannot restore listening connection to the land

Evidence

Moreover, fighting noise is not the same as preserving silence. Our typical anti-noise strategies—earplugs, noise cancellation headphones, even noise abatement laws—offer no real solution because they do nothing to help us reconnect and listen to the land. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 21

Categorization

• XREF: Contradicts the common association between noise-cancelling tech and quiet; echoes the earlier theme that silence is not relief from noise. — connects to: Acoustic ecology must be studied on location, not in the laboratory — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 668; Noise abatement is futile because sound cannot be prohibited outright; Anti-noise devices fail because they do not restore listening connection (+8 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 21

Broader Connections

• Prohibiting sound is futile, so acoustic design must replace noise abatement #expands (0.75) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 794
• Loss of silence signals our wider failure to address environmental crises #complicates (0.60) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 29
• Lo-fi soundscapes erase the distinction between signal and noise #contradicts (0.55)
• Communities can be defined by sound range rather than territory #exemplifies (0.50) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 703