35% of US adults report an average of fewer than seven hours of sleep, and 28% report frequent insufficient sleep. Rates of insufficient sleep increased between 1985 and 2004, and have probably continued to increase since. Estimates of the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea range from 3% to 38%. Television schedules may have influenced sleeping patterns; nowadays we have Netflix, which seems likely to make this problem worse. And everyone knows that school starts too early.
There’s also atomization, but I think most people here are aware of that by now.
Where’s exactly the civilisational inadequacy here? I think there’s an argument for school starting too early but otherwise this mostly seems to be about individuals making choices.
35% of US adults report an average of fewer than seven hours of sleep, and 28% report frequent insufficient sleep. Rates of insufficient sleep increased between 1985 and 2004, and have probably continued to increase since. Estimates of the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea range from 3% to 38%. Television schedules may have influenced sleeping patterns; nowadays we have Netflix, which seems likely to make this problem worse. And everyone knows that school starts too early.
There’s also atomization, but I think most people here are aware of that by now.
Where’s exactly the civilisational inadequacy here? I think there’s an argument for school starting too early but otherwise this mostly seems to be about individuals making choices.