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10% Happier with Dan Harris
Arianna Huffington's fifteenth book traced sleep deprivation back to the Industrial Revolution and argued that the culture's need to be constantly 'plugged in' harmed health, productivity, relationships, and happiness.
She's written 15 books including the number one New York Times bestseller Thrive and more recently and this is the book she's come here to discuss. The Sleep Revolution which is also a New York Times...
— Episode: Arianna Huffington
Episode: Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington's fifteenth book traced sleep deprivation back to the Industrial Revolution and argued that the culture's need to be constantly 'plugged in' harmed health, productivity, relationships, and happiness.
She's written 15 books including the number one New York Times bestseller Thrive and more recently and this is the book she's come here to discuss. The Sleep Revolution which is also a New York Times bestseller and is a very effective call to arms or call to bed actually.
You say in the book that we are in a sleep crisis.
What I mean is that in the States but it's a global crisis but let's just look at our country. 40% of people don't get the sleep they need and the consequences are pretty dramatic in terms of our health and our healthcare costs.
In the book you'd say dates back to the Industrial Revolution. When we started treating human beings like machines, and we thought since the goal with machines is to minimize downtime, it's the same goal with human beings.
I found a very useful I think a very effective call to arms on the sleep front and I learned a lot from sitting here talking to anything else I should ask before we or anything else you want to say before we wrap it up.