The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the Urban Poor

Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by Teknoman117 on Sunday April 11, 2021 @03:14AM (#26768183)

Many countries in the WW2 era sold amphetamine based drugs as antidepressants, for "creating the right attitude", making your wife focus on housework, etc. (and other rather disturbing things). Essentially, drugging workers doing low-skill tasks to make them more cooperative or productive or something.

I wonder how much research was done at the time and has been done in retrospect.

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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by eurasiantiger on Monday April 12, 2021 @04:39AM (#26777159)

And still in 2021 most people are entirely unaware that their affectionately named ”morning joe” contains other mind-altering chemicals in addition to caffeine: Harmala alkaloids that slow down the normal breakdown of neurotransmitters and slowly build up in brain fatty tissues, increasing tolerance and lengthening withdrawal symptoms to many months.

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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by sofixa on Sunday April 11, 2021 @05:16AM (#26768812)

And the German Army in WW2 heavily used meth ( pervitin iirc) to keep focused and going on for longer

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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by supert56 on Sunday April 11, 2021 @03:44AM (#26768349)

Sounds a lot like Brave New World

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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by hutzlibu on Sunday April 11, 2021 @05:27AM (#26768869)

Which was written around that time (even a bit before) ...

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