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We have a server room that is almost empty these days. I unabashedly advocate for a cot or a hammock in there. I like to think of sleep as clearing my working
by clavalle 12y ago
We have a server room that is almost empty these days. I unabashedly advocate for a cot or a hammock in there.
I like to think of sleep as clearing my working memory: the important stuff gets saved and the cruft is cleared and, one hopes, that a bit of subconscious processing takes place.
It is so much more effective to sleep for 10 or 20 minutes and come back to a problem fresh than struggle with your brain's garbage collection for several hours.
- saraid216 12y agoThere was a science thing several months ago about how one of the functions of sleep was to flush toxins from your brain. So you're not wrong?
- click170 12y agoWas it Sleepless In America? If it was, I think it aired again recently. I didn't realize it wasn't new. Highly recommend watching it. Not only does sleep help your brain flush the toxins that are produced as a byproduct of your brain, but cancer can grow twice as fast in tired mice compared to well rested mice. Do yourself a favor and check it out if you haven't seen it.
- tannerc 12y agoHere's the NPR story on that research: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/18/236211811/brains-sweep-themselves-clean-of-toxins-during-sleep http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/18/236211811/brains-...