Comments on: Little sleep, more productivity

By: Vanmind

Vanmind — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:54:42 +0000

Yup. Speed kills.

By: Inkfarmer

Inkfarmer — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:31:36 +0000

Well, I’m certainly not a short sleeper. I function well on 7 hours but my optimum is around 8. It would be interesting to see a study that looked at sleeping patterns based on personality types or career choices. My instinct and personal experience tells me that artist types tend to sleep more than average.

By: Greshams-law

Greshams-law — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:05:20 +0000

Sounds like Yanke was a remarkable guy. I love stories about such people, keep them coming!

By: J. Murray

J. Murray — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:10:35 +0000

“who died a few years ago at age 68″

Here’s a thought, I wonder how much the constantly on the go and low sleep behavior impacted dying so young. Operating on a permanent 6 hour sleep schedule would be as damaging as operating on a permanent 8. Sleep should be relative to the amount of energy spent the prior day to allow for proper recuperation. At 68 years, assuming 6 hours a night, or 18 hours of time awake, for a 365 day year, this translates into 18,615 days worth of awake time ((68*365*18)/24). If he went with an 8 hour schedule and could push out an additional 20 years of life because of it, that translates into 21,413 days awake.

If sleeping 8 hours a night means getting 7.6 years more time for living, then a 6 hour schedule isn’t exactly a good idea nor does it provide a leg up.

Again, this is just postulation as I have no idea of the man’s health or if his passing was related to the sleep habits or something else entirely.

By: Robert T

Robert T — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:15:50 +0000

Mises.org:

Paving the way for “open-source” copy editors.

By: Inquisitor

Inquisitor — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:22:40 +0000

I function quite well on 6 hours or so of sleep myself. I usually “programme” myself for 8 hour sleep but find myself needing 2 or so less than that.

By: Donald Rowe

Donald Rowe — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:33:27 +0000

“peddle to the metal”

Damn spell checkers.

Sorry, I’ll go to bed now.

By: augusto

augusto — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:03:30 +0000

The talk about sleeping is cool, I wish neurologists would also research on how we can train our brain to become less fearful of the world and more willing to take risks. It is quite frustrating – to say the least – to see the wealth of opportunities that pass in front of us every single day, and be unable to act on them.

It’s incredibly sad to realize that my country is growing at an amazing pace, and foreigners want to live, work and invest here, and not open a language school, among so many other ideas. There are hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of vegetarians in the country, and not a single country-wide brand of vegetarian food. The country throws away fresh fruit, because only the seeds are “valuable” – even though there are people starving all over the place…

But when you grow up hearing, “go to school, get a diploma, and you’ll get a good job – and if that fails, you can always try to get a government job”, and “being a business owner is too risk – it’s better to be employee”, it’s quite hard.

And, oh, yeah, there are neurology clinics to help people regain movement of paralized limbs, and there is dr. Michael Merzenich program to help develop reading abilities, so why not set up a clinic to help people break out of the “all I want is a job” mentality? (another business idea right there!)

Sorry for the rant :-/

By: J. Murray

J. Murray — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:51:57 +0000

That’s quite far north. Still, avoiding remaining up in artificial light tends to make sleep difficult and two 3-5 hour blocks is still preferable. Of course, this is whenever possible.

By: King George

King George — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:25:53 +0000

In the northern climes this would mean sleeping at 4pm in the winter, but there are programs like F.Lux that can help out if you use the PC at night.

I wouldn’t mind being able to prosper on 6hrs …

By: J. Murray

J. Murray — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:58:47 +0000

Modern lighting is the key reason for poor sleep habits. If you engage in the go to the bed with the sun method, you’ll find your sleep patterns superior. A proper sleeping habit is about 3-5 hours of sleep followed by waking up for an hour, then another 3-5 to get to daybreak.