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> You can turn a machine off and on to reboot it, but this simply simulates sleep. Not really. Human sleep is much more than simply turning off and on. https:/

• Yhippa 8y ago
  Sleep is GC for humans: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/03/sleep-may-prepare-you-for-tomorrow-by-dissolving-todays-neural-connections http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/03/sleep-m...
• kashyapc 8y ago
  Mandatory reference: the brilliant Matthew Walker: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/295/295665/why-we-sleep/9780141983769.html https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/295/295665/why-we-sleep/9780... I'm halfway through the book, and it has already influenced my behavior. I began setting "to bed" alarm, just like I set "wake up" alarm. If you don't have the time (?) to read the book, then at least listen to Walker's presentation at "Talk at Google". (Not to mention, he's an outstanding public speaker, too.) He has a segment where he talks about how sleep hits the "save button" to preserve your memory (after learning) to "persistent storage in your brain", as it were. Walker's work is urgent and important.
  • jmkni 8y ago
    I'm reading this as well, about a quarter of the way through, so far it's really interesting.