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While listening to Matthew Walker's Ted Talk on sleep patterns, I came upon his book. Matthew Walker is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the head of the Center for Human Sleep Science. 

After graduating from high school, I found myself pulling all-nighters, working on computers on a routine basis. If it wasn't an all-nighter, it was 1-2 am and up early to digest the news and pre-market futures before returning to work. Rinse and repeat. I felt like the days were blurring, and I wasn't as sharp as I usually am. Many cups of coffee and looming deadlines typically got me through the day until the headaches set in. This is around the time I began my sleep research.Now that I've read Why We Sleep, I have concluded that a body actually does need sleep to function how it was designed and drinking exorbitant amounts of coffee every day is really just blocking the effects of the molecule adenosine, leading to reduced tiredness - which over the long term causes a nasty crash. In his book, he explains that inadequate sleep is heavily affecting your body even if you don't realize it at the time. Over an extended period, he claims there is even a link to Alzheimer's.

I wrote a full review with some ideas on how to improve sleep quality on my blog feel free to check it out.

https://www.terrancemcarthur.com/blog...

Thanks for this! I've heard of him and have been curious about this book. I haven't been able to turn off the screen (one of the tips you mention in your blog) for the recommended 2-3 hours before bedtime, so I'm curious—have you? And, how much on average do you sleep more a night now that you've read this?