Posted by d0pamine on November 11, 2007, at 13:24:35
In reply to Reduced need for sleep. Should I be worried?, posted by Mishal on November 11, 2007, at 2:38:49
I did that too for years and had some incredibly productive and enjoyable evenings/nights, designing and building and all of the things that I had no motivation for prior. I do however believe that I aged considerably more (or harder or something) during that time than at any time prior or since. It's just my personal opinion based on my experience but I don't think my health (and to a greater extent capacity for thought and learning) has ever been quite what it was prior to 4 years or so of 2 to 4 hours / night sleep, however I do remember that period of time quite fondly. It's a mixed bag, but I'll never be convinced that there isn't a permanent price to be paid for such a productivity increase especially when coupled with a sleep deficit. Now days I try to compromise with more moderated day time performance in order to ensure the ability to get a reasonable amount (6 hours or so) of sleep at night. There's no doubt that my daily output is decreased as a result, but I think I'll live a good bit longer. I suspect in the end I'll accomplish the same amount of work regardless, I just have to choose if I want to do it all at once and cease to exist or spread it out over a few decades before ceasing to exist.
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