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agreed. what ridiculous sensitization of long work hours and "banking culture". none of this stuff is unique. people can survive a week with 4 hours of sleep,

agreed. what ridiculous sensitization of long work hours and "banking culture". none of this stuff is unique. people can survive a week with 4 hours of sleep, while performing physical labor 20+ hours per day...all without dying. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEAL_selection_and_training#Phase_1:_Physical_Conditioning_.287_weeks.29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEAL_selecti... how about 260 hours with no sleep? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_%28record_holder%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_%28record_holder%... every time stuff like this floats to HN's front page, i wonder where this community is heading. [EDIT] Seals can sleep up to 4 hours in a 5.5 day period.

MartinCron 13y ago
people can survive a week with no sleep, while performing physical labor 24/7...all without dying Sure, most people can survive like that. Others probably can't. I would like to think that being a banking intern is less physically taxing and dangerous than being a Navy Seal.
- itengelhardt 13y ago
  Not to mention that the SEALs that make it to hell week have been sifted quite a bit already. The "weakest" are already gone by then
  - MartinCron 13y ago
    Hopefully using methods that didn't kill them, no less.
  - leeoniya 13y ago
    yes, probably not the best example. however, i'll put my money on 99.99% of participants not dying from 2-3 hours of daily sleep for 3 days. i dont remember myself dying while pulling this off more times than i care to count.
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