
Sleep For Your Life
Bewildered
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The Puritans and the Industrial Revolution
There's also a kind of religious quality to the... Well, there is. Never sleep and the party. Let's not forget that the whole American thing was not only about the industrial revolution but also about what Knox Weber called the Protestant ethic. No fun, no buckles. We always put buckles on. They didn't have buckles. Buckles were too good for them. My day. And I'm not aware of any research saying the Puritans wouldn't let themselves sleep. But I sincerely believe that they probably had judgments around it. If it feels bad, then it's for sure going to get me to heaven where I'll be happy forever because I suffered so much.
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