Rendering 15:The Rendering of the Article "How Headphones Changed the World"

The article which is titled “HowHeadphones Changed the World”, was published By Derek Thompson in “The Atlantic” and it reports at length about the scientific study of such a kind phenomena like headphones, their advantages and disadvantages.

We have to mention that the article is subdivided into 3 main parts. They are A Short History of Private Music, Alone, Together and Sound and Work. The article carries a lot of comment on that listening to music makes us better at our jobs, makes us happier, better at concentrating, and more productive. It is on the one hand. But on the other hand science says we're full of it: listening to music hurts our ability. Speaking of A Taiwanese study it is necessary to note that silence had the best overall performance it would still be advisable that people work in silence.

It is an open secret that Utah tinkerer named Nathaniel Baldwin had built in his kitchen a new kind of headset that could amplify sound. There are signs that the military asked for a sound test. Naval radio officers clamored for the "comfortable, efficient headset" on the brink of World War I. And so, the modern headphone was born. It is very likely that the purpose of the headphone is to concentrate a quiet and private sound in the ear of the listener. In the 1950s, John C. Koss invented a set of stereo headphones designed explicitly for personal music consumption.

In this connection it is worth while mentioning the fact that the 20th century did a number on music technology. There is a general feeing to believe - radio made music transmittable, cars made music mobile, speakers made music big, and silicon chips made music small. But headphones might represent the most important inflection point in music history.

The article is in favor of 70 percent of office workers in cubicles or open work spaces, it's more important to create one's own cocoon of sound. That’s why we can say that music relaxes our muscles, improves our mood, and can even moderately reduce blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety. That brings us finally to our final cultural answer: Headphones give us absolute control over our audio-environment, allowing us to privatize our public spaces.

It was revealed that headphones make us anti-social. Wealth can buy -- and modern technology can deliver -- the independence that people have always sought. People have always had private thoughts. Headphones have the capacity to make our music like our thoughts. Something that nobody else can hear. Something we can choose to share. It is hard to predict the course of events in future but there is some evidence of the deterioration of the situation that personal music creates a shield both for listeners and for those walking around us. Headphones make their own rules of etiquette.

When our minds are at ease, when those alpha waves are rippling through the brain, we're more likely to direct the spotlight of attention inward. The article concludes by saying that making space, creating separation, helping us listen to ourselves.

Unfortunately the reporter gives no details for his personal attitude, but from my point of view there is a tendency to use headphones in all places if you are going to listen to music.