Sleep is a fundamental human need. You can’t wish your way out of it, you can’t tough your way out of it, you can’t beat the system.” Those are the words of sleep and fatigue expert Christopher Barnes, Ph.D. The assistant professor of management at the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington in Seattle adds, “People are starting to realize that we’re at an unsustainable level of sleep loss. We sleep less every decade.”Barnes says the research, including his own, is clear. “It’s very consistent across multiple studies. When people are short on sleep, they’re more likely
