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This morning I read a NYMag article about how public space has become earbud space in NYC

So I conducted a simple random sample on my subway commute of 60 New Yorkers in transit.

Here's how things netted out. This, and more on today's post: 

Technological Escapism: The Private Soundtrack of Public Life

This morning I read a NYMag article about how public space has become earbud space in NYC

So I conducted a simple random sample on my subway commute of 60 New Yorkers in transit.

Here's how things netted out. This, and more on today's post: 

Technological Escapism: The Private Soundtrack of Public Life

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As if this hasn't been the case for decades.

Apple earbuds with the cords used to be a quasi-status symbol when they came out. There were even goofy articles about gimmicks like hipsters plugging into each other's ipods to see what the other was listening to.

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i remember attending a "silent rave" in union square back in 2008 where a bunch of us just danced to whatever was playing on our iPods