What will happen as we tune out or tune down the world around us with headphones and earbuds and earplugs?

Will we lose the ability to distinguish the sound of the world around us with the sound in our ears alone?

Certainly, we will lose the inclination to listen to the people in our sphere.

Chance encounters will become a thing of the past.

Why are we manipulating and negating our fifth sense, the one that stays with us until we draw our last breath?

In Turn On, Tune Out, the artists live in the present: https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Tune-CYNTHIA-ADINA-KIRKWOOD/dp/9899987301/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1496046360&sr=1-

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