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| Writer | Matthew Walker |
| Category | Self Development |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Scribner |
| Publish Date | 2017 |
| Pages | 372 |
| File Size | 3 MB |
| File Type |
The staggering devotion of my fellow sleep scientists in the field, and that of the students in my own laboratory, made this book possible. Without their heroic research efforts, it would have been a very thin, uninformative text. Yet scientists and young researchers are only half of the facilitating equation when it comes to discovery.
Why We Sleep PDF – Matthew Walker
The invaluable and willing participation of research subjects and patients allows fundamental scientific breakthroughs to be uncovered. I offer my deepest gratitude to all of these individuals. Thank you. Other entities were instrumental in bringing this book to life. First, my inimitable publisher, Scribner, who believed in this book and its lofty mission to change society. Why We Sleep PDF
Second, my deftly skilled, inspiring, and deeply committed editors, Shannon Welch and Kathryn Belden. Third, my spectacular agent, sage writing mentor, and ever-present literary guiding light, Tina Bennett. My only hope is that this book is a worthy match for all you have given me.
At the highest levels, we need better public campaigns educating the population about sleep. We spend a tiny fraction of our transportation safety budget warning people of the dangers of drowsy driving compared with the countless campaigns and awareness efforts regarding accidents linked to drugs or alcohol.
Why We Sleep PDF – Matthew Walker
Despite the fact that drowsy driving is responsible for more accidents than either of these two issues, and is more deadly. Governments could save hundreds of thousands of lives each year if they mobilized such a campaign. It would easily pay for itself, based on the cost savings to the health-care and emergency services bills that drowsy-driving accidents impose.
It would, of course, help lower health-care and auto insurance rates and premiums for individuals. Prosecutorial law regarding drowsy driving is another opportunity. Some states have a vehicular manslaughter charge associated with sleep deprivation, which is, of course, far harder to prove than blood alcohol level. Why We Sleep PDF
Having worked with several large automakers, I can report that soon we will have smart technology inside of cars that may help us know, from a driver’s reactions, eyes, driving behavior, and the nature of the crash, what the prototypical “signature” is of a clearly drowsy-driving accident. Combined with a personal history, especially as personal sleep-tracking devices become more popular, we may be very close to developing the equivalent of a Breathalyzer for sleep deprivation.
Why We Sleep PDF – Matthew Walker
Within the space of a mere hundred years, human beings have abandoned their biologically mandated need for adequate sleep—one that evolution spent 3,400,000 years perfecting in service of life-support functions. As a result, the decimation of sleep throughout industrialized nations is having a catastrophic impact on our health, our life expectancy, our safety, our productivity, and the education of our children. Why We Sleep PDF
Silent sleep loss epidemic is the greatest public health challenge we face in the twenty-first century in developed nations. If we wish to avoid the suffocating noose of sleep neglect, the premature death it inflicts, and the sickening health it invites, a radical shift in our personal, cultural, professional, and societal appreciation of sleep must occur.
I believe it is time for us to reclaim our right to a full night of sleep, without embarrassment or the damaging stigma of laziness. In doing so, we can be reunited with that most powerful elixir of wellness and vitality, dispensed through every conceivable biological pathway. And we may remember what it feels like to be truly awake during the day, infused with the very deepest plenitude of being.
Why We Sleep PDF
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