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I wish we would stop praising or making light of sleep deprivation. We need to stop thinking that sleeping a lot is a sign of laziness.
by IndianAstronaut 11y ago
I wish we would stop praising or making light of sleep deprivation. We need to stop thinking that sleeping a lot is a sign of laziness.
- afarrell 11y agoSome universities (cough *MIT cough) have a habit of saying "sleep is for the weak" and that part of their culture needs to change.
- sentenza 11y agoIt is easy to lie to oneself that sleeping less is great if the activities done throughout the day are interesting. However, if all that added time is used for mind-numbing tasks, the true destructive nature (physically and mentally) of sleep deprivation becomes apparent, as many parents of small children can attest.
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoEngineering schools still have the bones of being military academies. Selecting for people who don't need a lot of sleep is important to militaries. MIT, unlike say, Texas A&M, was founded as a polytechnic and not as an explicit military academy but I'd bet there's still some of that orientation in its DNA.
- yahyaheee 11y agoTotally agree, the best ideas of mine come after a good sleep