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A review by allytron3000
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
4.0
So according you this book, sleep is a pretty big deal.
The author is a neuroscientist who researches sleep and his passion for sleep is evident from the style of writing and the wide range of sleep related topics - including touching on genetic factors in sleep rhythms, sleep across the lifespan, dreams (parts on nightmares in PTSD and lucid dreaming were particularly interesting) and how lack of sleep will ruin us physically, emotionally, financially…it’s a bit scary.
Sometimes he draws links between sleep and poor outcomes and I wanted him to be a bit more critical of other additional factors - e.g. people who sleep poorly often have difficulty looking after their health in other ways too. I would have also liked him to look closer at productivity culture (workplace attitudes are touched on) and why we push people to work such long hours at the detriment to their performance and wellbeing.
The author is a neuroscientist who researches sleep and his passion for sleep is evident from the style of writing and the wide range of sleep related topics - including touching on genetic factors in sleep rhythms, sleep across the lifespan, dreams (parts on nightmares in PTSD and lucid dreaming were particularly interesting) and how lack of sleep will ruin us physically, emotionally, financially…it’s a bit scary.
Sometimes he draws links between sleep and poor outcomes and I wanted him to be a bit more critical of other additional factors - e.g. people who sleep poorly often have difficulty looking after their health in other ways too. I would have also liked him to look closer at productivity culture (workplace attitudes are touched on) and why we push people to work such long hours at the detriment to their performance and wellbeing.