Re:Let Teenagers Sleep In
by lordnacho on Sunday September 23, 2018 @07:25AM
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> was necessary to drive their tribe out of its ruts, to pioneer innovation and adaptation to changed conditions
Surely teenagers could scheme among themselves while adults were awake? All they'd have to do is walk somewhere else. It's not like the adults would constantly be in their way.
Also, those functions may as well be done by adults. For instance startup founders are not all kids right out of college.
Anyway, I'm not disagreeing with the idea that teenagers sleep later, just sceptical about why it is so.
Surely teenagers could scheme among themselves while adults were awake? All they'd have to do is walk somewhere else. It's not like the adults would constantly be in their way.
Also, those functions may as well be done by adults. For instance startup founders are not all kids right out of college.
Anyway, I'm not disagreeing with the idea that teenagers sleep later, just sceptical about why it is so.