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People have been doing things at night forever. In studies of hunter-gatherer societies, they actually sleep less than in modern societies, and it's actually te
by jjk166 4y ago
People have been doing things at night forever. In studies of hunter-gatherer societies, they actually sleep less than in modern societies, and it's actually temperature (and more specifically the rate of variation) more than light that controls peoples sleep cycles. On average they go to sleep about 3 hours after sunset and use that time for activities like cooking and tool making. Some groups studied woke a little before and some a little after sunrise.
- lm28469 4y ago> On average they go to sleep about 3 hours after sunset and use that time for activities like cooking and tool making. Go for a two week long hiking/camping trip and you'll see what's natural, you'll be fast asleep by 10 and awake at 7 every single day. Most people calling themselves night owls just artificially keep themselves awake thanks to screens, what's the "tool builders" to "mindless media consumers" ration these days ? They're too lazy to fix their schedule or too oblivious to the damage they inflict themselves, I can guarantee you people went to bed much earlier even 60 years ago compared to today
- jjk166 4y agoAgain, the science disagrees. Perhaps going straight from a modern, industrial, likely sedentary lifestyle to two weeks of extended physical exertion for its own sake is not equivalent to people spending their whole lives in a hunter-gatherer setting. Further, there's nothing inherently good about things being natural. Again, your patterns of exercise, your nutrition, and virtually every other aspect of your health is quite different from that of a hunter-gatherer, it would not be surprising if behavioral changes to adapt to differing circumstances would be beneficial.