Is sleep overrated? Conventional wisdom says one needs 7-8 hours of consistent sleep. It also says that one cannot catch up on lost sleep. If this is so, why have some famous individuals needed less sleep? I have always believed that amount of sleep one needs depends on two things: a) constitution, b) among of contrast between reality and dream. In other words, if one is truly doing what one wants to do in life, then one has less need for dreaming and sleep.

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