Rethink Reads: Silence in the Age of Noise

Dear Rethinkers,

Last week, I went to the Dolomite mountains in Italy. It’s a beautiful place. One of my favourite things about the snow is the quiet – like a silent white membrane that has enveloped your mind. It got me thinking about a charming book I read called Silence: In the Age of Noise by the Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge. He spent fifty days w…