The airpod bubble
Ironically enough, I'm sitting in a public space with my earbuds in while I write this post. I live in a small town where what's described in this article is less pronounced, but it's still A Thing.
As someone who listens to a lot of music – I even use brain.fm to help me sleep – I'm very aware of the ability for headphones to create a 'bubble'. It can be comforting, but also isolating. My solution is to always take at least one earbud out when approaching someone I know, and to not have them in the entire time I'm working in public.
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