The Guardian, Six myths about sleep: if you got up early to read this, you're in trouble - Paul Kelley (2015) - How does the lack of sleep affect our society?

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[...] So the article quote a study showing that doctors who works in 24-hours shifts, at the end of their shifts made more errors. Those people are more likely to suffer for several complications like burnout, depression, obesity, heart desorders or irritability. Finally the journalist says that sleep matters and he gives a couple of examples that can be done by employers or schools to improve people's quality of live, emphasizing on the importance we must give to sleep. Transition : We can asks ourselves How does the lack of sleep affects our society? [...]

[...] I want to focus on a few points that I found particularly relevant first : The physicals effects and causes of the lack of sleep, then the possible solutions to manage sleep and finally how this sleep carelessness reveals a portrait of a hyperproductivist society. Physicals effects and causes of the lack of sleep - Consequence on the mental : Memory disorders, confusion, risk of burnout, depression, frustration leading to comportamental desorders like anxiety, irritability, exhaustion. The lack of sleep is a motive that completely affects our lives. [...]

[...] The Guardian, Six myths about sleep: if you got up early to read this, you're in trouble - Paul Kelley (2015) - How does the lack of sleep affect our society? It's generally acknowledged that sleep represents a major part of our lives however, we tend to underestimate the importance of quality sleep. The article six myths about sleep was adapted from the Guardian in october 2015 and tackles the issue of sleep. This issue is linked with social and economic fields. [...]

[...] Moreover schools and universities could improve study hours taking into account the periods of best school performance thus reconciling learning and health. - Employers also could improve work conditions in terms of hours to ensure a better performance of their employees. In this aspect the journalist seems biased with the issue. III) Portrait of a hyperproductivist society - In the article it is defended that sleeping well and correctly follows the most productive and effective performances at work or school, neverthless we have a paradoxe because if people work more hours and sleep less they will ensure the high productivity wanted by their employers but at the same time this performance, disturbed by the lack of sleep, will be worse than the other making maybe less benefits. [...]