Comment Re:My solution (Score 1) 74
This is the human body we're talking about. Not everyone will react the same way to any reliable system. For me, my prescription of 10mg adderall doses works just fine and three of these pills can keep me up for days of coding (ignoring psychosis dangers). But for some people, 10mg or even 20mg is not enough. And sometimes, 10mg starts to lose its effect.
Take into consideration the equilibrium effect. The whole reason these stimulants, or stimuli, stimulate the human body is the same reason why aerobic conditioning tires you out. These catalysts work because they are non-native to the body. But eventually the human body conditions itself so that the effects from these stimuli decrease in measure. Hence, the effects from coffee, amphetamines, running, swimming, smoking, etc. will decrease over time if consistantly applied in the same doses, again under the false assumption that the harmful side-effects like psychosis from amphetamines or stress fractures from running remain constant. I know there is research on this somewhere, but I also speak from experience.
And then you have to consider the long term effect of sleep deprivation. I can tell you that by the end of a college semester, after drinking gallons of coffee and swallowing bottles of amphetamines, your mind starts to become irritable and irrational which some studies attribute to the lack of REM. There's a lot of other effects described here and here
If any of you are getting ideas that the human body can adapt to sleep deprivation (in general) or that there exists a reliable method to stay awake (in general), you're wrong. And even if the body could adapt to sleep deprivation, it would only be effective for a limited amount of time. Could this time frame be cost effective with regard to the "wake-up drugs" and work scheduling? I'm sure this is a question that could be answered with linear programming and the predictive behaviors, although, I'm not sure as to the health risks involved. If the REAL problem is trying to become more productive, then I believe the solution lies not with sleep deprivation, but time management. Its not that the workers aren't working hard enough, its that they aren't being managed smart enough. If we managed things more like how a *nux kernel manages the process table and also imposed higher standards on the education of management, then I believe we could find far batter improvements in productivity. Of course, this is not the be-all-end-all list of improvements -- milege will vary.
Take into consideration the equilibrium effect. The whole reason these stimulants, or stimuli, stimulate the human body is the same reason why aerobic conditioning tires you out. These catalysts work because they are non-native to the body. But eventually the human body conditions itself so that the effects from these stimuli decrease in measure. Hence, the effects from coffee, amphetamines, running, swimming, smoking, etc. will decrease over time if consistantly applied in the same doses, again under the false assumption that the harmful side-effects like psychosis from amphetamines or stress fractures from running remain constant. I know there is research on this somewhere, but I also speak from experience.
And then you have to consider the long term effect of sleep deprivation. I can tell you that by the end of a college semester, after drinking gallons of coffee and swallowing bottles of amphetamines, your mind starts to become irritable and irrational which some studies attribute to the lack of REM. There's a lot of other effects described here and here
If any of you are getting ideas that the human body can adapt to sleep deprivation (in general) or that there exists a reliable method to stay awake (in general), you're wrong. And even if the body could adapt to sleep deprivation, it would only be effective for a limited amount of time. Could this time frame be cost effective with regard to the "wake-up drugs" and work scheduling? I'm sure this is a question that could be answered with linear programming and the predictive behaviors, although, I'm not sure as to the health risks involved. If the REAL problem is trying to become more productive, then I believe the solution lies not with sleep deprivation, but time management. Its not that the workers aren't working hard enough, its that they aren't being managed smart enough. If we managed things more like how a *nux kernel manages the process table and also imposed higher standards on the education of management, then I believe we could find far batter improvements in productivity. Of course, this is not the be-all-end-all list of improvements -- milege will vary.
