LucasSloan comments on Conflicts Between Mental Subagents: Expanding Wei Dai's Master-Slave Model - LessWrong

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Comment author: LucasSloan 05 August 2010 01:02:53AM 2 points [-]

Have you considered poly-phasic sleep schedules? You'll not be getting much sleep overall, so shouldn't get super well rested, but frequent sleep should keep you out of the danger zone.

Comment author: WrongBot 05 August 2010 01:38:01AM *  0 points [-]

I would really like to try out polyphasic sleep, but it's not compatible with my work schedule. I would have tried it when I was in college, but classes presented the same problem. If I'm ever in a position where I'm working for myself, though, it's definitely something I'm planning to experiment with.

Comment author: Nisan 05 August 2010 10:53:01PM 1 point [-]

For about a year I adopted a schedule in which I slept 4 hours one night and 10 hours the next. It was convenient, and I got the nice sleep-dep focus you describe every other day. I stopped because I developed emotional instability, but I'm pretty sure the sleep schedule wasn't the sole cause of that.