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Do we really need eight hours of uninterrupted sleep a night?

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Re: Do we really need eight hours of uninterrupted sleep a night?

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This linked article by the same author is a bit better: https://theconversation.com/broken-sleep-its-a-rollercoaster... .

What do you like more about the article you linked?

It seemed to me to have more information. They're pretty close though.

Re: Do we really need eight hours of uninterrupted sleep a night?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I close the door. Fortunately I have my own office. They don't need to know. I live in a country where this is accepted behaviour, even though it is not common anymore in this context.

Has to be France

in China you are weirdo if you don't sleep through lunch and don't have pillow in office, people nap on desks even in open space, in some companies they even automatically switch if lights and put some resting music and at the end of nap they slowly wake up people with lightning and music

though foreigners working in China don't practice it usually, you have to live there for some time to get used to it and I would say most foreigners still other e socializing during lunch break

Re: Do we really need eight hours of uninterrupted sleep a night?

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It is important that people realize sleep cycles do exist, but this seems a bit strawman-ish. If someone says "you need about 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep" I would rather take that as meaning things like "don't get up after just 5 hours" and "don't get up and check ebay auctions in the middle of the night even if it just takes 10 minutes", not "don't panic if you naturally wake up at 4am". ----- Btw, on > Historica…

s/don't panic/panic/

Doh! Thanks. That sentence got too complicated :)
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