This list is pretty much just biology/psychology - something that personally isn't my idea of fun. Good luck trying to get kids to read those books :/ What kid really wants to read a book on nutrition? Probably the kid who doesn't need to read a book on nutrition that's who.
If you're going to come up with a list of books you personally believe kids should read, at least try and make it slightly varied. And maybe even fun/enjoyable. Or change the title to "List of biology/psychology books".
Sleeping less than 2 hours a night for a long period of time may make you live less.
Same with diet. Eat a normal average diet, and you're set. Eat MacDonalds every day for breakfast, and maybe you'll die a bit earlier.
Don't forget also:
total happiness = time spent doing something * happiness level
eg, I would hate to maximize for 'time' at the expense of average happiness level.
The chances are we'll mostly die from accidents, cancer, etc anyway.
Show some evidence. I don't buy it.
Also, if you're looking for some data, the problem is that many fatal accidents' causes are reported as unknown. Given the results of the simulation, a majority of those accidents may be related to sleep deprivation.
Sleep deprivation is dangerous. But it's also obvious. You don't need to read a book to know that.
Researches have been conducted which proved that the condition after a lack of sleep 1 hour each night during a week would be equal to the condition when you haven't slept through the night.
Also, the lack of fiction on this list makes it pretty terrible. What a boring reading list.