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Hi Fuad, i like your idea about signal being the sound we want to hear and noise are those leftovers. I believe that signal and noise are very relative. For example, a crying of baby will make mother look for its […]

Hi Yara, I agree about vast knowledge the sales person has at record store. The recommendation and help you get from sales person at brick and motor record store far out weighs from the recommendation you get […]

Hi Chang ,
I like how you responded to Episode 3, Q#2 about the importance of voice transmission as a whole during analog days rather than the conveyance of only words in the digital form. We want our experience […]

Hi Fuad,
I agree with your points about on music file sharing is a good and bad at the same time. It is a blessing in disguise for the musicians. They become well known in the community and gain popularity, but […]

Hi Xiao, I like your idea about all reasons stemming from our desire. The things we see in European oil paintings and sounds we hear to make our presence in that space are all part of our sensory organ pleasing […]

Hi Liu, I agree with you about people trying to control what they hear. And what could be more appropriate than headphones or earphones. With more advance development in technology, our social experiences tend […]

Hi Scott, i agree with you about those advertisement images influencing us in daily decisions even though we don’t remember the images clearly. I believe these publicity somehow are able to play with our […]

Hi Jure, the idea of publicity inflicting fear in consumer is very much true. A fear of being undesirable or looked down without possessing certain products is very much real. These days everyone carries iPhones […]

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Hi Tereza,
it is interesting that you pointed out about men being attracted more towards submissive women. This actually gave me a chance to ponder upon the story of Adam and […]

Hi Tereza, it is very interesting that you pointed out about men attracting more towards submissive women. This let me ponder on the story of Adam and Eve. Did God really made women subservient to the men and men […]

The playboy example you have given does resembles in the context of male spectator. It was sure made to lure and fulfill the sexual appetite of spectators. What I see the difference in playboy magazine is, they […]