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rhythms literally rule our world. And they regulate us.
Rubin Naiman • Healing Night: The Science and Spirit of Sleeping, Dreaming, and Awakening
With artificial light, we believe we defeat the sleep-wake cycle; with climate control, the seasonal cycle; with refrigeration, the agricultural cycle; and with high-tech medicine, the rest-recovery cycle. Triumphal linearism has shaped the very style of Western and (especially) American civilization. Before, when cyclical time reigned, people valu... See more
William Strauss • The Fourth Turning
In the quiet moments before dawn, when the world should still be wrapped in the gentle embrace of darkness, millions of us are jolted awake by the harsh cry of alarm clocks. This daily violence against our natural rhythms is not merely an inconvenience—it is a symptom of a deeper malady that plagues our modern existence, one that manifests in three... See more
The Cycles of Modern Life: Urgency, Control, and the Illusion of Comfort
For one thing, lack of sleep also throws off our circadian rhythm, our internal body clock that orchestrates aspects of health such as mood, metabolism, energy, and hormone release.
Marc Milstein • The Age-Proof Brain
circadian rhythm matters for so much more than falling asleep and staying awake. It impacts our hormones, our gut health, our immune systems, and more.
Liz Moody • 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success
“Our Western society is a bit ADHD-ish because we’re all sleep-deprived…. It’s huge. And it means something for us. So we’re all in a hurry, we’re all impulsive, we’re easily irritated in traffic. You see it everywhere around you…. This has been studied and proven in laboratories: you think you’re thinking clearly, but you’re not. You’re much less
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