> It's pretty great as a sci-fi scenario I've actually read a short SciFi novel with that very premise, but I can't for the life of me remember the name of it.

> It's pretty great as a sci-fi scenario I've actually read a short SciFi novel with that very premise, but I can't for the life of me remember the name of it. Something about the other sentient lifeforms in the galaxy not requiring sleep and being able to breathe cyanide, but humans were unique in that we needed to sleep, and that was because we were all infected by some sort of mind parasite that now saw its chance to expand to other lifeforms.