Dymaxion Sleep

• Dymaxion Sleep - http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,774680,00.html - Oct 11, 1943
  • By Richard Buchminster Fuller - Claims that two hours of sleep a day is plenty.
  • Fuller reasoned that man has a primary store of energy, quickly replenished, and a secondary reserve (second wind) that takes longer to restore. Therefore, he thought, a man should be able to cut his rest periods shorter by relaxing as soon as he has used up his primary energy. Fuller trained himself to take a nap at the first sign of fatigue (Le., when his attention to his work began to wander). These intervals came about every six hours; after a half-hour's nap he was completely refreshed.
  • Article claims has scientific backing.
    • First hours of sleep are soundest - Sleep is less restless in first two hours.
    • At Colgate University sleep investigator Donald A. Laird found that people awakened after four hours' sleep were just as alert, well-coordinated physically and resistant to fatigue as those who slept eight hours (but they did lose in accuracy and concentration).
  • Sleeping plan published by "Industrial Bulletin" of Arthur D. Little, Inc.
  • Dymaxion - A Fuller word representing "dynamic" and "maximum service."
  • Other terms
    • Intermittent sleeping
    • Polyphasic sleep - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep
      • Variants: Uberman sleep
      • Drawback - rigid schedule
      • Researchers: Claudio Stampi Book - Why we nap: Evolution, Chronobiology, and Functions of Polyphasic and Ultrashort Sleep
        • Theory - Polyphasic sleep was original sleeping mode.
      • depriving rats of REM sleep in particular leads to death in 3 to 8 weeks

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• Importance of a good night sleep
• Insomnia
• Sleep Is The Best Cure For Insomnia
• Dymaxion Sleep
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