Thoughts regarding "Walkergate": 1) Walker has done a lot, including Why We Sleep, to bring attention to the importance of sleep. 2) Many clinicians, especially those who work with insomnia, need to remember that people w/o insomnia need different messages.
While it's not impossible, I'm not convinced that this book will stop many people from trying sleep deprivation therapy
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"When people don’t restrict their food-eating, many...start eating more than they need and become obese...allowing ourselves to get as much food as we want, likely isn’t the healthiest choice. My guess is that same is likely true for sleep."
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I'm not convinced by this analogy. I don't think hunter-gatherers regularly struggled with overeating even when food was abundant. Something changed recently about the environments humans live in and the types of food they can access. These changes made over-consumption a problem
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