The beauty between noise and silence We’ve become accustomed to controlling the notifications of our lives. We tap unsubscribe on emails that offer it, we become frustrated with apps demanding too much attention, and we escape our typical work environment to that sweet single-person meeting room to get some uninterrupted work done. We crave peace. By contrast however, it’s the very nature of joining society that we must pull up a chair and turn up the volume high enough to catch the next wave.