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Fascinating article on the damage we are (nearly) all doing to ourselves by not getting our 8 hours a night, every night; and yes, almost all of us needs that much, anything less than 7 hours should be classed as sleep depravation. Going as far as asking whether employers should start thinking about ‘sleep bonuses’. The list of ailments/conditions he believes lack of proper, regular sleep can contribute to includes strokes, Alzheimers, diabetes, a variety of cancers…and this guy is no fly by night, Matthew Walker is ‘Formerly a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, he is now professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkley.’

The problem is societal but the damage individual. Sobering.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/24/why-lack-of-sleep-health-worst-enemy-matthew-walker-why-we-sleep