Bring in da noise.

I read an article in Wired on the plane about how working with background noise can actually make you smarter. Bart Kosko, author of Noise, says:

"The more you can concentrate with background noise, the more it strengthens the brain. Isaac Asimov used to set his typewriter up in stores and other loud places to work. His claim was that you get really good at writing when you’re in a crowd. You want to be energized by that background noise, rather than distracted."

Read more about it here.

[via Wired]