I have come to find no one in the AI community knows of the Muzak human factors research. Most never heard of Muzak. Some discover just Yerkes-Dodson law after my symposiums. There is so much to this research exceedingly useful today. “Silence is the loudest noise”—1922https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1123570023836962817 …
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So interesting that you were able to get access to those studies. Those interested in Muzak (going well beyond the stereotypes that the company name invokes) will enjoy this 2006 deep dive in the
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James, thank you! I really appreciate it! I loved this New Yorker peice. You know to rescue so much corporate research I have dived 100s if dumpsters in my life. Still do it. Did one dive 3 months ago. Thank god people choose not to shred.
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Wow, really? I am majorly impressed.
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James, thank you. I used to be shy about my diving. When I started this in the 1970s I would dive for electronic parts at RCA and Bell Labs in New Jersey. One day I saw notebooks full of research just tossed. In the divestiture of ATT I rescued 700+ lbs of human factors research.
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