[Book] Why We Sleep
Physical health 3 pillars: sleep, diet, exercise “More than a third of adults in many developed nations fail to obtain the recommended seven to nine hours of nightly sleep” “These discoveries have taken me on wonderful, privileged, and unexpected journeys inside and outside of academia—from being a sleep consultant for the NBA, NFL, and British Premier League football teams; to Pixar Animation, government agencies, and well-known technology and financial companies.” 顶尖医生给顶尖运动员看病，中产医生给普通中产看病。我们可触及的圈子里接触的都是和自己相近阶层的人 “An adult’s owlness or larkness, also known as their chronotype, is strongly determined by genetics.” 命运的不公，不仅被基因写在明处（比如颜值、智商），还被基因写在暗处（比如energy的程度，生物钟的设定） “forgetting is not just beneficial to delete stored information we no longer need. It also lowers the brain resources required for retrieving those memories we want to retain, similar to the ease of finding important documents on a neatly organized, clutter-free desk.” 遗忘的意义 “Practice does not make perfect. It is practice,...