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Life expectancy rise in rich countries slows down: took 30 years to prove

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135 points andsoitis | 4 comments | 15 Oct 24 13:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.823s | source
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Vox_Leone ◴[15 Oct 24 14:18 UTC] No.41848889[source]▶
In our relentless quest for longevity and a richer life experience, one profound consideration emerges: the role of sleep in our daily lives. Sleep, which consumes approximately one-third of our existence, represents a significant barrier to maximizing our time and productivity. If we could find a safe way to eliminate the need for sleep, we would theoretically unlock vast reservoirs of hours previously devoted to rest, transforming them into opportunities for personal and societal advancement.
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1. presidentender ◴[15 Oct 24 14:27 UTC] No.41848992[source]▶
One of my favorite science fiction novels deals with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggars_in_Spain
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2. Loughla ◴[15 Oct 24 14:54 UTC] No.41849255[source]▶
What a fascinating book series that I've never heard of. It looks like it sort of takes a middle ground between Le Guin and Rand?
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3. presidentender ◴[15 Oct 24 16:23 UTC] No.41850202[source]▶
It doesn't preach so much as it explores. The author strikes me as being more economically literate than Rand or LeGuin, but not as good a writer as the latter.

The real and staggering excellence of the series is the speculation - it's not such hard SF that it explains the mechanisms by which everything happens, and there are real characters who do more than stand as cardboard observers to technology, but it's crunchier than most.

4. BeetleB ◴[15 Oct 24 22:18 UTC] No.41853688[source]▶
Read the novella and skip the novel.