HACKER Q&A
📣 denismenace

Why do we need things like 8sleep? Is sleeping with blankets unnatural?


Basically what the title says. How come people need this? Our ancestores have been sleeping perfectly fine on hay and grass

  👤 knifepatrol Accepted Answer ✓
Do you yourself sleep on hay and grass?
👤 manarth 

    > Our ancestores have been sleeping perfectly fine on hay and grass
Our ancestors also had very different environmental influences. Artificial light distorts our circadian rhythm and hormones. Stimulants such as caffeine also influence our sleep patterns.

Bi-phasic sleep was once very common but today's "normal" is thought to be a single uninterrupted block of sleep.

It's not to say that either (or indeed any other) approach is "normal" or "better" – just a recognition that human sleep patterns have a very diverse history.

👤 JojoFatsani
We don’t need them. Marketing departments want you to think you need them. Don’t be a chump easily persuaded by marketing departments.