But by that virtue shortened your life by more than likely 20 years. We all do it, not all of us get as much as we should and some of us do it way more than others would like. Sleep has always been around, the bodies way to rest and recharge.
Well lets say some pharmaceutical company discovered and patented a drug or even surgical procedure that allowed the human body and brain to function on no sleep(or virtually no sleep, less than an hour a day) for the rest of your life? Would you do it? Yeah it means you'd still get tired and exhausted during the day but you could perform low impact activities while your body recuperates. Would the extra "waking" time be worth the potentially shortened lifespan?
Here are the things for the fictional treatment:
1. It is non-reversible. Whatever they do, chemically or surgically cannot be undone so there is no "I'll do this for a month catch up and then back to dreamland".
2. It is 100% safe with no negative side effects. Let's say for once a company actually tested their stuff in the long term and found besides the shortened lifespan from natural wear and tear buildup there are no negative side effects of the procedure/drug. No psychosis, no insanity and no psychic powers.
3. For those still wanting the sensation of dreaming, they also sell drugs that will work on your altered brain to induce the equivalent REM sleep which means the possibility of dreaming. The actual time the drug takes to work however is only an hour and is equivalent to a full dream cycle. They are cheap, non-habit forming and non-narcotic and have no affect on people other than the ones that have taken undergone the procedure and also have no other side effects beyond you being out of it for about 45 minutes to an hour.
Now obviously this is a more favorable scenario that I can think of. But Escapists, would you? Would you cast off the shroud of Morpheus to enjoy the land of the conscious all the time?
Well lets say some pharmaceutical company discovered and patented a drug or even surgical procedure that allowed the human body and brain to function on no sleep(or virtually no sleep, less than an hour a day) for the rest of your life? Would you do it? Yeah it means you'd still get tired and exhausted during the day but you could perform low impact activities while your body recuperates. Would the extra "waking" time be worth the potentially shortened lifespan?
Here are the things for the fictional treatment:
1. It is non-reversible. Whatever they do, chemically or surgically cannot be undone so there is no "I'll do this for a month catch up and then back to dreamland".
2. It is 100% safe with no negative side effects. Let's say for once a company actually tested their stuff in the long term and found besides the shortened lifespan from natural wear and tear buildup there are no negative side effects of the procedure/drug. No psychosis, no insanity and no psychic powers.
3. For those still wanting the sensation of dreaming, they also sell drugs that will work on your altered brain to induce the equivalent REM sleep which means the possibility of dreaming. The actual time the drug takes to work however is only an hour and is equivalent to a full dream cycle. They are cheap, non-habit forming and non-narcotic and have no affect on people other than the ones that have taken undergone the procedure and also have no other side effects beyond you being out of it for about 45 minutes to an hour.
Now obviously this is a more favorable scenario that I can think of. But Escapists, would you? Would you cast off the shroud of Morpheus to enjoy the land of the conscious all the time?
