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This article says: > It’s his conviction that we are in the midst of a “catastrophic sleep-loss epidemic”, the consequences of which are far graver than any of
by spodek 9y ago
This article says:
> It’s his conviction that we are in the midst of a “catastrophic sleep-loss epidemic”, the consequences of which are far graver than any of us could imagine... sleep deprivation... constitutes anything less than seven hours
I thought we found out that we sleep the same as our ancestors. This article -- https://ca.news.yahoo.com/nightmare-sleep-no-more-plentiful-primitive-cultures-183037441.html https://ca.news.yahoo.com/nightmare-sleep-no-more-plentiful-... -- says
> Even without electricity or other modern trappings, they [the Tsimane people of Bolivia, Hadza people of Tanzania and San people of Namibia] logged an average of 6 hours and 25 minutes of sleep daily, a figure near the low end of industrialized society averages.
- saimiam 9y agoHow long do those peoples live? If their expectancy is less than or similar to modern society's after controlling for infant mortality and preventable deaths before say 18, then maybe the lack of sleep is hurting them too.
- spraak 9y agoBut you can't consider that figure in a silo. All those peoples live vastly different than most 'modern' people. Mich closer to the natural environment is one prominent difference.
- greedy_buffer 9y agoMight be interesting to look at the study itself. It doesn't say if it was summer or winter when it was undertaken. I wonder if results would be much different for other non-electrified people