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At my last house the noise of cicadas in the summertime was deafening at night, but it didn't stop me sleeping. However, the faint drone of my neighbor's TV in the small hours can drive me crazy. Why is it that two monotonous sounds have a different effect on me simply because one is natural and the other has a human agency behind it? I keep reading these books by people who insist that there's no such thing as free will, and that humans are just another species of animal. Intellectually I buy it, but deep down I think otherwise, and I'm furious at people disrespecting my privacy in this way. If I could just get myself to view my fellow humans as blind forces of nature I'd have great peace of mind.
