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	Podcast:		The Intersection
	Episode:		The Intersection #11: Life's Too Short to Spend it Asleep?
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:15:24
	Publish Date:		2015-08-25 00:50:30
	Description:		“What wouldn’t I give for more hours in a day!” It's a common sentiment in our hectic era. One way to do it – to enlarge our days – would be to shrink the time we spend sleeping. Here's the story of one Akshat Rathi, who did just that in an year-long experiment to survive, and even thrive, on 4-5 hours of sleep every day. Is his experiment a sign of a future in which we can function on less sleep? Were our ancestors, with their afternoon naps, on to something? Tune in to The Intersection to find out.
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