Yes, I agree that sleep has many benefits, just as eating vegetables has many benefits (some of which are almost immediately apparent, just like the benefits of sleep). But while many people know about these, they still don’t sleep enough. I’m trying to get at the reasons I think people take these harmful actions, not arguing that sleeping as little as possible is correct/rational :-)
Yes, I agree that sleep has many benefits, just as eating vegetables has many benefits (some of which are almost immediately apparent, just like the benefits of sleep). But while many people know about these, they still don’t sleep enough. I’m trying to get at the reasons I think people take these harmful actions, not arguing that sleeping as little as possible is correct/rational :-)
I knew (generally) about the benefits of sleep before I read the book, but reading the book made this “knowing” extremely more vivid.
The thing that makes me so optimistic about getting people to sleep more is that sleep is something our body actively urges us to do.
Like our body actively urges us to eat a lot of sugar (e.g., and not vegetables), it actively urges us to sleep (unless we use caffeine, etc.).