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Showerthoughts

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We're lucky that our bodies require sleep, otherwise our cultures would have us working 16-20 hour days. (self.showerthoughts)
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[–] Emerald 35 points 1 year ago

Omg I actually had this same thought the other day and wrote it down.

I just thought about how cool it would be to not need to sleep. You could have a whole 8-or-so hours to do whatever you want. But then I realized that if we didn't need to sleep we would likely be required to work longer hours or be otherwise productive during those 8-or-so hours. It's crazy how arbitrary productivity really is.