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Elon Musk doesn't sleep much, if I remember right he said about 4 hours per night once.
by SEJeff 10y ago
Elon Musk doesn't sleep much, if I remember right he said about 4 hours per night once.
- pyrophane 10y agoHe said he averages 6 hours of sleep per night: https://www.quora.com/How-does-Elon-Musk-thrive-on-little-sleep https://www.quora.com/How-does-Elon-Musk-thrive-on-little-sl...
- SmokyBorbon 10y agoElon Musk, who makes cars nobody wants and spaceships that explode.
- darpa_escapee 10y agoWhat's an early grave worth?
- colmvp 10y agoI'm sure he and a lot of other people would rather accomplish certain things in their life even if it means dying an early death, as opposed to living a long life that doesn't satisfy them. I realize that it's not always that cleanly zero sum, and yes, it's definitely possible to live a life that is both full and long, but in the case of Musk and perhaps others who put their heart and soul in their companies (especially during the early period), it's not so clearcut.
- pen2l 10y agoTo contrast that, Linus Torvalds has said many times over the years that he gets at least 9 hours of sleep everyday (http://www.linuxscrew.com/2011/07/15/linus-torvalds-the-facts-you-didnt-know/ http://www.linuxscrew.com/2011/07/15/linus-torvalds-the-fact...). Me personally, I do NOT feel well if I haven't had a solid uninterrupted 8 hours of sleep.
- RDaneel0livaw 10y agoI'm close to the same. I can function on 7, but any less than that and I'm a basketcase, and really do honestly need 8 a day. I feel like people think it's a virtue or something if they can get 4 hrs of sleep and not fall down from exhaustion, but in reality it's so unhealthy.
- daveguy 10y agoI feel like different people have different sleep requirements. Although veganism changing those requirements is likely a quack factoid. Veganism! The meth of diets!
- api 10y agoAs much as I admire SpaceX and am cheering them on, I can't help but wonder if they would have had two rockets blow up were it not for their fabled workaholic culture.
- DanielleMolloy 10y agoEinstein, in contrast, was said to regularly sleep 10 hours per night (unless he was working on a difficult problem, then it was 11).