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Why Is Everyone Wearing Headphones?

Why Is Everyone Wearing Headphones?
A man wears headphones at the Times Square subway station in New York City, in a file photo. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
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Sure, I had headphones as a kid, large and puffy, designed to allow me to listen to music in my room without blasting it all over the house. They were fine, but I rarely used them because they truly shut out the rest of the world.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]