Will Wearing Masks Make Us Hear Better?

How the world might be developing a superpower without knowing it

Photo by Jessica Flavia on Unsplash

I was chatting with a friend on my front lawn yesterday while we were both wearing masks (at a sensible six-foot distance). We conversed for a total of ten minutes and then finally sat down on opposite sides of the lawn to quietly drink a beer. The conversation had been exhausting. I…