Sleep Essays
Boring articles guaranteed to help you drift off
The Sleep Industrial Complex: A Modest Proposal for Staying Awake Forever
A takedown of the sleep optimization industry and our obsession with tracking, optimizing, and monetizing unconsciousness.
8 min read
The Eight-Hour Conspiracy: How Big Mattress Convinced You That Sleep Matters
An exploration of how the $16 billion mattress industry has medicalized normal sleep variations and turned rest into a performance sport.
7 min read
In Defense of Insomnia: Why Being Awake at 3am Makes You More Interesting
A contrarian argument that insomnia is underrated, 3am consciousness produces better thoughts, and society's standardized sleep schedule is arbitrary tyranny.
6 min read
All articles curated by The Bacta Sleep Team