In the article “Against Headphones” by Virginia Heffernan, Heffernan gives the science, history, and other background information to further prove her point. I think she does this so we can see the progression of the use of headphones. From what she said, headphones were originally used for work and WWII veterans that came home; now they’re used to cancel outside noises by younger generations through playing music at high volumes. This shows how headphones were meant for good, but are now causing hearing loss. I think it’s good she included this because it persuaded me, and probably many others, to deeply consider what headphones are doing to us and what could potentially happen if we don’t
