Photo credit: Simon Skreddernes
After having walked alone to the South Pole for 50 days and nights under the midnight sun without uttering a word, raised my three daughters, worked as a publisher for 21 years, and spent the last 18 months writing the book
Silence in the Age of Noise,
I have come up with the following three observations: The basic state in our brain is one of
chaos. An abundance of activities leaves us with a feeling of experiential
poverty. And we are living in the age of noise.
The reason that it took me so long to understand this is that my days in Norway often pass on autopilot. I sleep, wake up, check my phone, shower, eat, check my phone, and head off to work while I am checking my phone...