Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" was one of the most popular and acclaimed wellness books of 2017. There's just one problem: Much of it isn't true.

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Walker's TED Talk
Alexey's blog post: Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors
Walker’s Response
Trouble With TED
Does daylight savings kill people?
Why We Sleep: A Tale Of Institutional Failure
Is Matthew Walker’s “Why We Sleep” Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors?
Up All Night: The science of sleeplessness
Exploring the Necessity and Virtue of Sleep
Why Do We Sleep?
Siesta in Healthy Adults and Coronary Mortality in the General Population
A Chronobiological Evaluation of the Acute Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Traffic Accident Risk
Has Adult Sleep Duration Declined Over the Last 50+ Years?
Americans Are Sleeping More, If Not Necessarily Better
High-profile sleep researcher loses paper for duplication

The "Sleep Loss Epidemic"

Maintenance Phase

The "Sleep Loss Epidemic"