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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by einpoklum on Sunday April 11, 2021 @06:55AM (#26769357)
> people do acceptably with coffee.

Do they, though?

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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by peepholeperson on Sunday April 11, 2021 @09:46AM (#26770347)
Technically, yes. They do well enough that we can and do accept it.
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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by emodendroket on Sunday April 11, 2021 @10:03AM (#26770451)
Yeah but not that long ago people accepted not having plumbing. There's no reason to be confident that things couldn't be much better.
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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by einpoklum on Sunday April 11, 2021 @01:34PM (#26771981)
> Technically, yes. They do well enough that we can and do accept it.

You shouldn't, and a great many in the US don't.

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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by barry-cotter on Sunday April 11, 2021 @09:14PM (#26775207)
Given the attendance rate at private schools (low) and their divergence from the normal public school schedule (low) this doesn’t seem accurate. People may complain but they don’t do anything.
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