X-Message-Number: 4182 Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 23:37:27 -0500 (CDT) From: N E U R O M A N C E R <> Subject: SCI.CRYONICS The Obsolescence of Sleep The OBSOLESCENCE of SLEEP Mac Tonnies One factor I hope future cryonics technicians take into account when upgrading thawed suspension patients is the horrifying waste of time popularly known as sleep. I am appalled to think of the enormous fraction of my life spent while unconscious, and cannot help wondering about my productivity in a world where sleep (in the traditional sense) was unneeded...perhaps even regarded as a laughable eccentricity. Can someone please identify the major gene coding sequences that make sleep essential to human beings? If so, I wonder if I am alone in wanting to eradicate the sleep-mechanism entirely. I am well aware of the need for REM feedback, but believe this can be compensated by neuro-uplinked software. And, of course, a mechanical upload would certainly have no need for sleep, if its power supply was sufficient. Thanks. I'll probably go to sleep in an hour or two. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4182