We’re all bombarded regularly by the cacophony of sounds that make up our environment. Car horns, barking dogs, construction, phone alerts - there is an endless list of noises that make it to our brain to process daily. Despite all the practice we get at hearing, we really usually aren’t very good at listening. This week Melissa and Pete take on the difference between hearing and listening, why we tend to struggle so much with the latter, and what we can do to be better listeners. After all, as composer and philosopher John Cage said, “We only hear what we listen for.”
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