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Personal Growth Series: Dr. William Dement on Healthy Sleep and Optimal Perfo...
A Google Tech Talk by sleep researcher Dr. William Dement on healthy sleep and performance. He argues sleep debt must be repaid and describes the three characteristics of healthy sleep.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN has recommended it for years as the most useful and entertaining talk on sleep, often to people struggling with tiredness or productivity.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Google TechTalks
- Topic
- sleep science
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 12
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2008–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
I don't have any sleep disorder and never really paid much attention to the duration of my sleep or the time to go to bed. After watching this video [VIDEO] ( Dr. William Dement on Healthy Sleep and Optimal Perfomance ) I'm going to bed …
Deadsunrise on Hacker News · 2008-11
In Prolonged Partial Sleep Deprivation for a Job (The worst year of my life [so far])My favorite talk on Sleep by William Dement [VIDEO] September 23, 2008 Google Tech Talk Very entertaining.
smartbit on Hacker News · 2019-04
In Sleep quality and stress level matter more than languages or practicesThe source of information about this that I have found most useful is an hour long talk given by Dr. William Dement at Google Tech Talks called Healthy Sleep and Optimal Performance: [VIDEO]
m0llusk on Hacker News · 2022-07
In The effects of sleep debt
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.
