Sleep is still treated in many workplaces as time that could be used better.
The evidence points the other way.
shortage of sleep is linked to , high blood pressure and poor memory.
Reaction times after one bad night resemble those after alcohol.
Firms that measure rather than hours have noticed the difference.
Errors fall, and fewer people into the same mistakes.
Screens make the problem worse in a specific way.
Light in the evening delays the signal that tells the body to sleep.
Reading on paper does not have the same effect.
Advice to sleep more is easy to give and hard to follow.
Shift work, small flats and long are not personal choices.
Treating sleep as a matter of alone misses most of the causes.