Oh my gosh, people complain about everything in their office

You work in offices, you run into just a certain amount of cynicism. Yes, noise is the number one complaint, but oh my gosh, people complain about everything in their office environment. - Evan Benway

You don't have any of that in schools. The kids want to get involved with our technology. They want to be able to hack it. They want to play with it. That's the biggest difference, brain of the child compared to an adult in the office. - Evan Benway

We did a project doing sounds local to that school, based on local nature, that help the kids to identify sounds and identify birds and things. - Evan Benway

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Soundscaping is such an interesting, and dare I say, under utilized tool in the when creating environments, setting the mood, positively impacting emotion and productivity.

And that's before you get to 'What if' and playful experimentation, an increasing important trait when it comes to technology adoption, highlighted by Audrey Tang last night at the Stanford HAI 'The AI We Deserve' event I attended yesterday with moderated by Brian Merchant.

How can sound impact the environment, and by extension, our emotions, and by resulting mental heath, productivity, and sense of cultural belonging? You might be surprised.

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Evan Benway: Dynamic Sound, Positive Well-Being | Work 20XX podcast with Jeff Frick - -

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