Why We Sleep

The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

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Published July 29, 2017 by Scribner.

ISBN:
978-0-241-26906-0
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4 stars (13 reviews)

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Everyone Should Read This

5 stars

This book should be required reading as much of any of the great classics. It will bring you to understand not only the deleterious effects of sleep deprivation, but how good sleep grants a myriad of benefits, and how losing those benefits affect our world today.

Review of 'Why We Sleep' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

The book is full of bad science: misrepresented research findings, insufficient citations and straight out data manipulation. Unfortunately this causes a real damage for people forcing themselves into "recommended" 8 hours of sleep without consideration for their real needs.

You can find more information in Alexey Guzey's essay: guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/

Review of 'Why We Sleep' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Why do we sleep?

I have asked myself this question so many times. I have read a few articles over the years but besides the usual stuff, that we need sleep in order for our brain to function (going without sleep will make you depressed and psychotic and eventually will kill you), until recently it wasn’t clear why we need to sleep at all.

Sleep for many can be a risky activity. We are vulnerable when we are asleep. For others, sleep is unproductive, and in a world obsessed with productivity, every single second counts. Still most of us, we spend about a third of our lives asleep. Why do we do it?

There has been quite a lot of research in the past few decades on the subject of sleep. Researchers have found that sleep is key to the brain’s ability to reorganize itself by forming new connections between …

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