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How Silence Became the Ultimate Luxury Good
The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s injunction in his 1922 Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus to respect the limits of language seems like a self-evident assertion. But silence is much more than the homage we offer ignorance, the abashed confession we sigh out of shame, the prayer we address to the ineffable. Today silence is also a commodity, one bought and sold at prices rivaling our most sought-after consumer goods.
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