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Hook — Opening Scene
In 1845, Henry David Thoreau left Concord for Walden Pond with an axe, a notebook, and a singular goal: to ‘live deliberately.’ Two centuries later, we carry smartphones that ping 72 times a day—each notification a tiny fracture in our attention. What happened to the space between thoughts?
Silence isn’t just the absence of sound; it’s the canvas for deeper cognition. Yet modern life treats it like a glitch to be fixed—with podcasts, playlists, and infinite scroll. This is the cost of that loss.
