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Re:What Happens to the Body on No Sleep by IIAOPSW on Friday October 11, 2019 @12:59AM (#21221675)
Imagine a future where we have engineered this effect to perfection, and even in your dreams you are expected to work. The effect would be an increase in the supply of labor, without an increase in the population. Wages would be depressed. There would be at least some people who have no reprieve, no moment to themselves, just so they can make it to the next paycheck and survive. 24 hour wage slaves. A human shaped cog in a capitalists machine.

What a remarkable hell we engineer for ourselves.

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Re:What Happens to the Body on No Sleep by TwoHeadedBeast on Friday October 11, 2019 @06:05AM (#21222905)
Or alternatively, we get all our work done in our sleep, and conscious time is devoted to leisure.
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Re:What Happens to the Body on No Sleep by freejulian85 on Friday October 11, 2019 @11:26AM (#21225282)
That's not how it works. There's always going to be someone willing to work in his sleep, plus 1 more hour of conscious time relative to the next guy.
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