Why We Sleep: Science of Sleep & Dreams | Matthew Walker | Talks at Google
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN suggests it as an easy alternative to the book for people who want Walker's sleep findings.
What it is
Berkeley sleep scientist Matthew Walker presents the science of sleep and dreams and how sleep affects health and lifespan, based on his book Why We Sleep.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2018 to 2019.
What Hacker News said
Recommends FrankyHollywood · 2018-07 · on “The brain may clean out Alzheimer’s plaques during sleep”
His Google talk is also very interesting, a lot of other effects besides Alzheimer's are related to sleep deprivation [this video]
Recommends parski · 2018-10 · on “Do we really need eight hours of uninterrupted sleep a night?”
On the subject of Why We Sleep: I'm not sure how well it corresponds to the book, but Matthew Walker also has a Google Talks talk on the same subject that I recommend watching if you're not a book person: [this video]
Recommends jmts · 2019-11 · on “Deep Sleep May Help the Brain Clear Alzheimer's Toxins”
Matthew Walker wrote that book [1]. He also has a few talks on YouTube worth checking out. From memory [2] was an informative one for me. [1] [LINK] [2] [this video]