We live in a world of tired, sleep

We live in a world of tired, sleep deprived people. In his book Counting Sheep, Paul Martin – a behavioural biologist – describes a society which is just too busy to sleep and which does not give sleeping the importance it deserves.
Modern society has invented reasons not to sleep. We are now a 24/7 society where shops and services must be available all hours. We spend longer hours at work than we used to, and more time getting to work. Mobile phones and email allow us to stay in touch round the clock and late-night TV and the Internet tempt us away from our beds. When we need more time for work or pleasure, the easy solution is to sleep less. The average adult sleeps only 6.2 hours a night during the week, whereas research shows that most people need eight or even eight and a half hours’ sleep to feel at their best. Nowadays, many people have got used to sleeping less than they need and they live in an almost permanent state of ‘sleep debt’.
Until the invention of the electric light in 1879 our daily cycle of sleep used to depend on the hours of daylight. People would get up with the sun and go to bed at nightfall. But nowadays our hours of sleep are mainly determined by our working hours (or our social life) and most people are woken up artificially by an alarm clock. During the day caffeine, the world’s most popular drug, helps to keep us awake. 75% of the world’s population habitually consume caffeine, which up to a point masks the symptoms of sleep deprivation.
What does a chronic lack of sleep do to us? As well as making us irritable and unhappy as humans, it also reduces our motivation and ability to work. This has serious implications for society in general. Doctors, for example, are often chronically sleep deprived, especially when they are on ‘night call’, and may get less than three hours’ sleep. Lack of sleep can seriously impair their mood, judgment, and ability to take decisions. Tired engineers, in the early hours of the morning, made a series of mistakes with catastrophic results. On our roads and motorways lack of sleep kills thousands of people every year. Tests show that a tired driver can be just as dangerous as a drunken driver. However, driving when drunk is against the law but driving when exhausted isn’t. As Paul Martin says, it is very ironic that we admire people who function on very little sleep instead of criticizing them for being irresponsible. Our world would be a much safer, happier place if everyone, whatever their job, slept eight hours a night.

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We live in a world of tired, sleep deprived people. In his book Counting Sheep, Paul Martin – a behavioural biologist – describes a society which is just too busy to sleep and which does not give sleeping the importance it deserves. Modern society has invented reasons not to sleep. We are now a 24/7 society where shops and services must be available all hours. We spend longer hours at work than we used to, and more time getting to work. Mobile phones and email allow us to stay in touch round the clock and late-night TV and the Internet tempt us away from our beds. When we need more time for work or pleasure, the easy solution is to sleep less. The average adult sleeps only 6.2 hours a night during the week, whereas research shows that most people need eight or even eight and a half hours’ sleep to feel at their best. Nowadays, many people have got used to sleeping less than they need and they live in an almost permanent state of ‘sleep debt’. Until the invention of the electric light in 1879 our daily cycle of sleep used to depend on the hours of daylight. People would get up with the sun and go to bed at nightfall. But nowadays our hours of sleep are mainly determined by our working hours (or our social life) and most people are woken up artificially by an alarm clock. During the day caffeine, the world’s most popular drug, helps to keep us awake. 75% of the world’s population habitually consume caffeine, which up to a point masks the symptoms of sleep deprivation. Một thiếu mãn tính của giấc ngủ làm gì cho chúng tôi? Cũng như làm cho chúng ta dễ cáu kỉnh và không hài lòng như con người, nó cũng làm giảm động lực và khả năng làm việc của chúng tôi. Điều này có tác động nghiêm trọng đối với xã hội nói chung. Bác sĩ, ví dụ, có thường niên sleep tước, đặc biệt là khi họ đang ở trên 'đêm gọi', và có thể nhận được ít hơn ba giờ ngủ. Thiếu ngủ có thể gây ảnh hưởng nghiêm trọng của tâm trạng, bản án, và khả năng để đưa ra quyết định. Kỹ sư mệt mỏi, trong những giờ đầu của buổi sáng, có một loạt các sai lầm với kết quả thảm khốc. Trên con đường và đường cao tốc của chúng tôi thiếu ngủ giết chết hàng ngàn người mỗi năm. Thử nghiệm cho thấy tài xế mệt mỏi có thể là nguy hiểm như là một người lái xe say rượu. Tuy nhiên, lái xe khi say rượu là vi phạm luật nhưng không có lái xe khi kiệt sức. Theo Paul Martin nói, nó là rất mỉa mai rằng chúng tôi ngưỡng mộ những người sử dụng chức năng trên rất ít ngủ thay vì chỉ trích họ cho là vô trách nhiệm. Thế giới của chúng tôi sẽ là một an toàn hơn, hạnh phúc hơn nơi nhiều nếu tất cả mọi người, dù công việc của họ, ngủ tám giờ một đêm.