Do you really need 8 hours of sleep?
Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter
Sleep and the Industrial Revolution
Doctor reece says the people who ran asylums like the one jane was sent to were obsessed with their patient's sleep. Through the industrial revolution, industrialists and factory owners wanted to figure out how to control the sleep of workers. In 18 90, by some estimates, the average work week for manufacturing workers was 100 hours.
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