Robert Krulwich who writes for NPR in what he calls a "sciencey blog" titled Krulwich Wonders - put up a really cool post about how certain sounds are unique to certain generations. If you have a second, I highly recommend checking it out and playing around with the video/sfx at the bottom of the page.
What really jumped out at me is this:
There is a lesson in this for storytellers, especially storytellers who make their living on the radio. When we tell tales, the sounds we make, the pacing, the beats, the references, they come from the sounds we have inside our heads: the tunes we loved, the ads, the jingles, the noises that poured out from the appliances and the living spaces around us.
Makes me wonder what collection of sounds the next generation will compile...
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