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Sleep, and the Clock You Run On

Why a third of your life is spent unconscious, and what the clock costs

Aserinsky · Czeisler · Walker · 3 chapters · 7 min read

A third of a life, spent doing something nobody can fully explain.

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The Third of a Life

  1. 01What Sleep Is ForOn the most expensive thing evolution has never removed.
  2. 02The Clock You Cannot Argue WithOn a molecular clock that runs at 24.2 hours and does not take instruction.
  3. 03What Losing It Actually DoesOn why the people worst affected are the ones least able to tell.