![]() Note: I link to a bunch of paywalled studies in this essay. See discussion of this essay on the forum, Hacker News ( a), Marginal Revolution ( a), Andrew Gelman’s blog 1 ( a), 2 ( a), 3 ( a), 4 ( a), /r/slatestarcodex ( a), Twitter ( a), listen to BBC interviewing me and Walker himself about it or listen to my interview with Smart People Podcast discussing it. > The Effects on Cognition of Sleeping 4 Hours per Night for 12-14 Days: a Pre-Registered Self-Experiment > My 2022 self (I don't know them) was very wrong about meditation, huge monitors, and. > 17-20: a Retrospective on Four Years in College > Best of Holden Karnofsky and Sam Altman The full discussion of sleep deprivation therapy from Chapter 7. ![]() Extended quote about the dangers of lack sleep from Chapter 1.No, not every living creature generates a circadian rhythm.Most sleep does not serve a vital function: Evidence from Drosophila melanogaster.“What You Can Learn From Hunter-Gatherers' Sleeping Patterns”.Possible origin of the “sleeplessness epidemic” thing.Appendix: an email from a UK-based sleep scientist.Appendix: serious problems in Chapter 8 found by a reader.Appendix: where did Walker get his PhD?. ![]() Appendix: a strong contender for the single most absurd paragraph in the book.Appendix: what do you do when a part of the graph contradicts your argument? You cut it out, of course.Appendix: the concrete harm done by the book.Appendix: my personal experience with sleep.Two papers by Walker citing Why We Sleep.Appendix: is Why We Sleep pop-science or is it an academic book? Also, miscitations, impossible numbers, and Walker copy-pasting papers.Appendix: people who sleep just 6 hours a night might have the lowest mortality.Appendix: things I’m not saying in this essay.No, two-thirds of adults in developed nations do not fail to obtain the recommended amount of sleep.Ok, even if the WHO never formally declared any sleep loss epidemics, there still is a global sleep loss epidemic, right?.No, the World Health Organization never declared a sleep loss epidemic.No, lack of sleep will not outright kill you.No, a good night’s sleep is not always beneficial: sleep deprivation therapy in depression.How much confidence should we place in epidemiological sleep data?.Also, no – sleeping less than 6 hours a night does not double your risk of cancer.No, shorter sleep does not imply shorter life span.He also said some people are “freaking out” about the reduction of red-lid bin collections from weekly to fortnightly: “The reality is, once you take out the food from your landfill bin, it will be quite small.”īut the change, which came into force last Monday, came as a surprise to many residents who inundated the council’s Facebook page with fears of overflowing bins attracting vermin and threats to dump excess rubbish in council parks. The council’s Facebook page featured a video of War on Waste host Craig Reucassel explaining the benefits of separating food and organic waste from rubbish. Lockie said food recycling rates were significantly higher when red-lid bin collections were fortnightly rather than weekly: “Recycling our food waste is one of the single biggest actions we can take as individuals to combat climate change.” Inner West Council has cut its red-lid bin collection from weekly to fortnightly as part of its expanded food and organic waste collection service. ![]() Inner West Independent councillor Pauline Lockie said residents also had the option of council staff going through their bins “to see how they can reduce the amount of waste they send to landfill”. Parents who go through lots of nappies can simply book an additional landfill bin collection when they need to, they can also have a larger landfill bin delivered for free.” “Having changed thousands of nappies myself, I know there’s no point in lecturing parents of small children,” he said. Inner West mayor Darcy Byrne said an analysis by the council found the average household’s red-lid bin would be only 80 per cent full after a fortnight if all food waste and other recyclable materials were removed. Many regional NSW councils as well as Randwick and Penrith have already successfully implemented a fortnightly red-lid bin collection thanks to the FOGO service, she said.Ī council spokesman said the cost of collecting food and organic waste weekly would be offset by red-lid bin collection moving to fortnightly – with landfill costs expected to fall by $370,000 a year.
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