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This Tumblr thread, though, takes a look at why that’s terrible and suggests that in the long run, no one benefits from chronically running on too little sleep.
It began with someone suggesting that the whole idea that adults don’t really need that much sleep smells like capitalism at work.
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There’s also research happening that could suggest that lack of sleep could be behind the mysterious and damaging inflammation that is plaguing so many American adults.
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People know it’s important, they just don’t make it a priority. No one does.
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First sleep and second sleep.
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Not getting enough sleep compromises your immune system, too, and that’s a terrible problem to have.
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There is a reason that sleep deprivation is a form of torture.
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And yes, making teenagers clock in to school at 7 am is cruel and unusual punishment.
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Everyone is different – but that doesn’t work for capitalism.
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People are overworked, and with our devices, we’re constantly “clocked in.”
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