Sleep is less surprising for me to see people defend than death, to the extent that I'm not sure if I myself have or not done so.

I mean, I can directly feel the benefit of a good sleep that refreshes me in the morning, whereas there's those who have passed on whom I miss.

If I didn't need sleep, really didn't, I wouldn't seek to re-invent it; but of the two it is old age that I'd actively pay money to hold back, if treatments for both existed at the same cost per extra hour of consciousness in my lifetime.

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glerk 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Obviously, every single one of us needs sleep to survive. But it's a biological chore, not some sacred ritual to be celebrated. Reducing the amount of sleep that we need is worth researching. What is surprising to me is the knee-jerk reaction I see whenever the idea of looking into this is brought up.

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Qem an hour ago | parent [-]

> What is surprising to me is the knee-jerk reaction I see whenever the idea of looking into this is brought up.

It's because if it were achieved, likely result would be employers forcing people to take the drug and increasing daily work hours back to 16+.

	▲	glerk 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> likely result would be employers forcing people to take the drug How so? You can just... refuse? And do you prefer sleeping to working? Doing a job that you hate for 8h and sleeping for 8h is much worse than doing a job that you love for 16h. Something to think about.

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FeteCommuniste 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Even if I never needed to sleep again I would kind of miss dreaming. Maybe we could take another drug to make us dream.