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the luxury good you can't buy, only build, then guard like treasure
means A state of calm stillness and peaceful repose, in mind or surroundings.
from From the Latin 'quietus,' meaning at rest or undisturbed — the same root that gives us 'quiet,' 'quit,' and even 'acquit' (to set free and leave in peace). It reached English through the Latin 'quietudo,' a noun of state, likely by way of French. The 'quietus' that meant final rest later picked up a darker shade — Shakespeare's Hamlet uses it for death itself, the ultimate stillness.
- brain default
- silence activates the brain's introspective default mode
- costs money
- true quiet now sells as premium real estate
- grows cells
- two hours of silence spurs hippocampal neuron growth
- library war
- librarians enforced the shush as professional duty
for instance
lake baikal in winter — deepest freshwater lake on earth, frozen silent for months, located in siberia
anechoic chamber at microsoft — world's quietest room at -20.3 decibels, redmond washington, built 2015