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I feel like smartphones should be banned but > On average, they were falling asleep 20 minutes faster than before the ban, 20 minutes seems like kind of a sm

I feel like smartphones should be banned but > On average, they were falling asleep 20 minutes faster than before the ban, 20 minutes seems like kind of a small impact.

meow_mix 2y ago
4% is a pretty big lift imo And who knows how good it is for the quality of that sleep
- hammock 2y ago
  Indeed, four times greater than the absolute risk reduction of sever illness or death provided by the Covid vaccine (Nb: among adults), which was also mandated in many places And the connection between sleep quality and early death is very well documented
  - Dylan16807 2y ago
    It doesn't really make sense to compare the raw percentage of two completely different things. Especially when one is a percent change, and the other one is a percent risk. There's a ton of health numbers that work out to 4%. Or 1%. Some of them have massive impacts on your life, and some of them are basically negligible.
jonatron 2y ago
To finish that sentence: > , and reported getting a full hour of extra rest each night. An hour seems like kind of a big impact.
loloquwowndueo 2y ago
“ sleep. On average, they were falling asleep 20 minutes faster than before the ban, and reported getting a full hour of extra rest each night. ” An hour of extra rest does seem significant. Also averages without standard deviations are yucky.
marginalia_nu 2y ago
20 mins is actually pretty big. The difference between chronically sleeping 20 minutes less than you need, and always getting the rest you need really does add up quite significantly, especially when it comes to learning and the ability to pay attention.
tecoholic 2y ago
Next para says > 50 minutes earlier during the phone ban weeks compared to the week before the phone ban That’s a big improvement. Combined with them falling asleep faster, that seems like an hour of extra sleep at least.
insane_dreamer 2y ago
If it’s the daily average then it’s a considerable impact

I feel like smartphones should be banned but > On average, they were falling asleep 20 minutes faster than before the ban, 20 minutes seems like kind of a small impact.

meow_mix 2y ago

4% is a pretty big lift imo And who knows how good it is for the quality of that sleep

hammock 2y ago
Indeed, four times greater than the absolute risk reduction of sever illness or death provided by the Covid vaccine (Nb: among adults), which was also mandated in many places And the connection between sleep quality and early death is very well documented
- Dylan16807 2y ago
  It doesn't really make sense to compare the raw percentage of two completely different things. Especially when one is a percent change, and the other one is a percent risk. There's a ton of health numbers that work out to 4%. Or 1%. Some of them have massive impacts on your life, and some of them are basically negligible.

jonatron 2y ago

To finish that sentence: > , and reported getting a full hour of extra rest each night. An hour seems like kind of a big impact.

loloquwowndueo 2y ago

“ sleep. On average, they were falling asleep 20 minutes faster than before the ban, and reported getting a full hour of extra rest each night. ” An hour of extra rest does seem significant. Also averages without standard deviations are yucky.

marginalia_nu 2y ago

20 mins is actually pretty big. The difference between chronically sleeping 20 minutes less than you need, and always getting the rest you need really does add up quite significantly, especially when it comes to learning and the ability to pay attention.

tecoholic 2y ago

Next para says > 50 minutes earlier during the phone ban weeks compared to the week before the phone ban That’s a big improvement. Combined with them falling asleep faster, that seems like an hour of extra sleep at least.

insane_dreamer 2y ago

If it’s the daily average then it’s a considerable impact