I remember a study that some human beings have their brains naturally wired that they can get away with 4 hours of sleep no problem and that way basically have an extra 4 hours per day without damaging their effectiveness.angelfromanotherpin wrote:Wow. It's been proved time and again that overwork reduces overall productivity and increases costly mistakes, accidents, and illness. But at least it's possible that he's not a malignant robber baron, maybe he's just insane from sleep deprivation.
The problem is that the rest of us still need those 8 hours of sleep per day to properly operate, but the "sleepless elite" ends up rising to high positions because they can output more and makes the bosses expect everybody else to somehow keep up with them.
Or sometimes workers set those standards for themselves because the market is highly competitive and gotta keep up with the top ones at any costs.
Sadly it's becoming so standard that media like mangas treats it like a joke. "Haha the main character sleeps 4 hours per day so he can work the other 20 drowning himself in coffee to stay awake then when he runs out of caffeine just collapses so funny". No, it isn't.
Also the telling sign if you're one of those persons that can get actually away with 4 hours of sleep per day is whetever you sleep extra when you have the time/luxury to do so. If you sleep late in your days off, then you really shouldn't be pulling 4 hours of sleep per night.