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Sleep Deprivation and Western Civilization

Posted by Ryan Hurd on May 4, 2008 | No Comments

Check out this amusing and poignant narrative about sleep deprivation and the American Dream as it is practiced in the deep South. The author concludes with a list of facts about sleep deprivation and dreams from the National Sleep Research Project.
Parents might find this statistic particularly interesting: A new baby typically results in 400-750 hours [...]

Solstice dreams

Posted by Ryan Hurd on December 17, 2007 | 2 Comments

With the approaching solstice, the dreaming is stronger, if for no other reason than the nights are long. In pre-electric times, and traditional societies today, this is nature’s ways of saying go ahead and sleep in.
Meanwhile, hundreds of folks in Brittany will converge on the major megalithic sites for a time-honored solstice celebration. [...]

Science says sleep good

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 28, 2007 | 2 Comments

Check out the English translation of this mainstream piece on sleep and dream research just out of Korea. This article about the benefits of sleep is more holistic than the usual reductionist perspective that comes out of New York. Which is to say, the Korean piece succeeded in mentioning dreaming at all. [...]