Our Lack of Sleep

Many of the consequences of insufficient sleep are highlighted in Matthew Walker's 2017 book is titled, Why We Sleep, Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams. The extracts I'm quoting come from his penultimate chapter, "Sleep and Society."

ADHD#8 : Parents

Childhood ADHD is an institutional fiction supported by pharmaceutical companies, governments, therapists, schools, and parents to get around the taboo against mind control.

ADHD#7 : Schools, Reprise

Childhood ADHD is an institutional fiction supported by pharmaceutical companies, governments, therapists, schools, and parents to get around the taboo against mind control.

ADHD#6 : Schools, Part II

The state rewards schools for consistency and conformity in their product, and economy in their operation. Schools product commoditites.

ADHD#5 : Schools, Part I

People think they understand how schooling affects students, communities, and society, but they don’t.

ADHD#3 : Doctors and Professors

Here is my guide to doctors and professors. Phd: you learned how to do basic research. MD: you know how poorly people take care of themselves. Professor: you are a tool.

ADHD#2 : The Definition of ADHD

Previous to 1980 overly active or inattentive students were considered traumatized, delinquent, depressed, learning disabled, ill-fed or over worked, emotional, specially endowed, minimally brain damaged, or simply different.

ADHD #1: Introduction

Systems Theory is not about systems per se, it’s about systems that are composed of systems that feedback with each other.

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