The Head Trip
by Jeff Warren · first published 2007
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Just want to mention Jeff Warren's wonderfully quirky book from 2007, The Head Trip [1] which was where I first encountered the idea of the 'night watch'. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2168851
on “Can medieval sleeping habits fix America’s insomnia?” ↗…an open-source project that I fiddle with (infoml.org). So what's my take on things? Consciousnesses is far from binary; sometimes I think it's the most finely nuanced thing in the universe (read The Head Trip, by Jeff Warren). Speed of thought decreases--you got that right--but I've now got decades of experiences behind me, and these lead to thoughts I never could have imagined when I was 25. Unfortunately,…
on “Ask HN: What happens to your consciousness/self-awareness as you age?” ↗There’s this book called “head trip: adventures on the wheel of consciousness” that puts forth the idea that there are many brain states, not just asleep and awake. The one just before falling asleep is a really wild one. https://www.amazon.com/Head-Trip-Adventures-Wheel-Consciousn...
on “How to Fall Asleep in Two Minutes or Less” ↗A book on sleep (and more) that deserves to be much more widely known is The Head Trip by Jeff Warren: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2168851.Head_Trip
on “Why did I wake up before my alarm clock went off? (2015)” ↗…according to the rising and setting of the sun; after a week or so his body reset itself to a two-phase sleep cycle as described in the nytimes piece. Overall a very enjoyable read: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Head-Trip-Fantastic-Through-Hours/dp...
on “Rethinking Sleep” ↗