What If We No Longer Needed Sleep?

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Our world is sleep-deprived. In the last century, people slept an average of nine hours per night. Today, more than half the world's population gets by on less than seven hours of sleep per night. But in an age of non-stop stimuli, what do you expect?

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What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure — grounded in scientific theory — through time, space and chance, as we ask what if some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence were different.

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