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If we really cared about mental health, muzak would be a top priority

We are all to blame for the spread of background noise. Many feel uneasy with silence and want to be jollied along. Yet piped music is bad for our mental and physical health

30 January 2016

9:00 AM

30 January 2016

9:00 AM

No one is consulted. No one is held to account. No one has the authority to turn it off. How is it that muzak has slipped through every legal control?

The blame, I’d say, lies with those who are frightened of silence — with those who spend more money in shops that buzz to a friendly background hum, and laugh too loudly when all around are mute.

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