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When I start getting distracted in many directions the feeling starts to come on.…",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"5325704","josephjrobison","I can't tell, is it the same track over and over again or a new one? By the way, I absolutely love this. I'm 4x more productive in coffee shops compared to everywhere else and I…",[93,108,123],{"value":94,"source":63,"evidence":95},"Dish clatter and background chatter are distracting",[96,100,104],{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"5325397","instakill","It's alright but there's way too much dish hitting. The talking is good but the kitchen cleaning staff is not only distracting but angering.",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"5327764","doktrin","Interesting. I honestly would never have thought this type of erratic ambient noise would be a productivity boon. I like to get in the zone, which is trickier when having to…",{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"5331276","erinaceous","This doesn't work on me. Even with the volume down low, I couldn't help trying to listen to the coffee shop conversations the instant it started playing. All the voices were…",{"value":109,"source":63,"evidence":110},"Research cited is weak or overstated",[111,115,119],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"5327484","Myrmornis","Silly idea, backed by \"research\" from the world of business-studies pseudo-academia. Do you trust the results of a paper that starts with the sentence \"Creativity is ubiquitous…",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"5332132","plg","from the actual paper (linked at the bottom of the coffitivity post): \"A total of 188 ideas were generated, for an average of 4.48 (SD = 2.09) ideas per person. The noise level…",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"5325577","ewoutkleinsmann","I didn't read the whole research, but a quick glance at it told me that moderate ambient noise boosts creativity. The research doesn't mention productivity, though. 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