“人类终有一天必须极力对抗噪音,如同对抗霍乱与瘟疫。”这是诺贝尔奖得主暨细菌学家罗伯特·柯赫在1905年提出的警语。历经一个世纪后,这一天已经比先前近得多。今日,宁静就像濒临灭绝的物种。城市、近郊、乡村,甚至最偏远、辽阔的国家公园,都避免不了人类噪音的入侵,而在洲际之间往返的喷射机,也使得北极无法幸免。此外,对抗噪音与维护寂静不同。典型的反噪音策略,像是耳塞、噪音消除式耳机,甚至噪音削减法,都不是真正的解决方法,因为它们无法帮助我们重建与大地的感情,无法帮助 “One day human beings must fight against noise as much as they fight against cholera and plague.” This is a warning made by the Nobel Laureate and Bacteriologist Robert Kooch in 1905. After a century, this day is much closer than before. Today, tranquility is like an endangered species. Cities, suburbs, villages, and even the most remote and vast national parks can not avoid the intrusion of human noise, and the jets that fly between continents make the North Pole unavoidable. In addition, the fight against noise and silence is different. Typical anti-noise strategies, such as earplugs, noise-canceling headphones, and even noise-reduction methods are not the real solution because they do not help us rebuild feelings with the earth and do not help