Quiet is generally good, but how important it is depends a lot on one's personality, needs at a given moment, and so on.
Not being constantly interrupted is also a good thing, but, again, it depends a lot on one's personality type, work being undertaken, and so forth.
Being disconnected from other people (I suspect but can't prove that Starck is basically full of shit, but there do exist people who could credibly claim such isolation) is something else entirely. Maybe it is good and maybe it isn't: I've never had the chance to try over an extended period. I'll submit that you can have isolation without quiet or lack of interruptions, by the way.
Get those mixed up and there's nowhere you can go, precisely where Iyer takes us.
Quiet is generally good, but how important it is depends a lot on one's personality, needs at a given moment, and so on.
Not being constantly interrupted is also a good thing, but, again, it depends a lot on one's personality type, work being undertaken, and so forth.
Being disconnected from other people (I suspect but can't prove that Starck is basically full of shit, but there do exist people who could credibly claim such isolation) is something else entirely. Maybe it is good and maybe it isn't: I've never had the chance to try over an extended period. I'll submit that you can have isolation without quiet or lack of interruptions, by the way.
Get those mixed up and there's nowhere you can go, precisely where Iyer takes us.