Has your phone ever died very quickly, despite you barely using it? Sometimes, the explanation is simple: dozens of apps running in the background constantly drain the battery. Something similar happens within our bodies, as almost all of us live with an app installed by default that never closes: noise.
This invisible aggressor is not just a physical phenomenon that can be measured in decibels – it is a subjective, cultural experience. As philosopher Byung-Chul Han points out, our society has pushed silence to the margins, replacing it with a constant state of hyper-attention that keeps the body in a state of low-level alertness. What begins as a sensory stimulus ends up fuelling a crisis of attention and biological rest.
