I’m Only Sleeping

The rest of the chapter covers sleep, rest, and sleep/rest tools mixed together. Why bother to even write about sleep or to use sleep analysis tools?

Sleep is a deeply underappreciated aspect of fitness and health, particularly among geeks. Most geeks would rather write code and hack and eat pizza than sleep at night, whereas if they want to gain fitness and stay healthy, the inverse would be better: writing code and hacking standing up during the day, and taking naps and sleeping at night.

A friend of mine summed up the state of sleep among modern techies when he said, “Society shouldn’t call it ‘sleep’—it should be renamed along the lines of ‘human cell-rejuvenation time’ or the like.” We usually view sleep as optional, and something kind of cool to skip. We like to be up when others are snoozing, as if we are going to experience some intriguing life revelation that others will not, such as watching intoxicated people say awful things and do face-plants in front of nightclubs.