But the most significant change in modern science is not just about the amount of noise, but how we experience it. Noise is no longer understood solely as a problem that affects hearing, it is also recognised as a systemic environmental pollutant. Transport noise is now one of the leading environmental cause of illness in Europe, second only to air pollution.
They’re popular in my country. The camera swivels to follow you as you pass, and when someone walks by it screams over and over
YOU ARE UNDER SURVEILLANCE
…which is doubly insane because only like 10% of the population understand English in this country