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Shhh captain the crew is sleeping

Hyper-sleep, Cryosleep or Stasis is an omnipresent technology in Sci Fi, and dates back to the

first manifestations of the genre.

It is as widely and interchangeably used as other common technological tropes like androids

or laser guns

For those born yesterday the principle of hyper-sleep is quite simple: it is the artificial

suspension of a living subject in long-distance interstellar trips.

It can last for years, or decades, even, preventing crew members from wasting resources and large

portions of their lifespan on travel, as it somehow freezes you in time with no apparent

sign of the months that pass by

But why has hyper-sleep been so extensively adopted?

Why is it a more common solution to the problematics of space travel than hyper-speed, space jump

or teleportation?

Well, among other things, stasis of different kinds have always been really useful narrative

devices.

Following Freytag's pyramid of dramatic structure: exposition, rising action, climax,

falling action and denouement; hyper-sleep provides of a static state of normality, a

perfect time-based process, an expositive situation in which we are presented with the

characters and their circumstances before something happens.

Because yes, we all know that going into those glossy hi-tech coffins, usually is a pretty

bad idea.

But, well, this video is not about how hyper-sleep pods tend to be a trainwreck or have outlandish

design issues.

In 1942 84% of Americans reported getting 7 hours or more of sleep a day, that percentage

decreased to 59% in 2013

Even thought a lack of sleep can make us more likely to suffer from hypertension, diabetes,

depression or obesity…

Historically efficient figures like Leonardo or Margaret Tatcher famously slept less than

4 hours a day.

Nevertheless, research published by the Sleep Medicine Reviews questions if those numbers

are actually representative of a change in our sleep routines.

We might think and say we sleep less than what we actually do, because it signals that

we have more things to do, better things to do, and the willpower to actually do those

things.

Whereas technology's purpose is to save us time to rest and enjoy, we want to use

its last developments to help us sleep less.

As the philosopher Bertrand Russell stated in essay "In Praise Of Idleness"

We dont want to spend a 3rd of our lives being unproductive, when ideally production should

be left to machines.

This same peculiar logic translates to hypersleep and its circumstances.

There's no way to be productive when floating in space for years, hypersleep it is not a

holy state of meditational contemplation, but a purely practical manner to keep the

crew healthy, silent and on hold till it's time to do their job or colonize a new planet.

It is remarkable too, that the fictional universes in which hypersleep is common are the ones

that maintain an economical structure similar to ours, with corporate interstellar conglomerates

as the Weyland Corp from the Alien franchise, or the Homestead Company from Passengers whereas

it isn't as present in money-less futures like the ones from Star Trek.

I believe there's a hidden potential in the astral passiveness of hypersleep booths.

Beyond how our utilitarian vision of sleep permeates fiction, that strongly resonates with the

philosophy of non-doing or wu wei, so beautifully expressed in the tao te ching:

The Tao does nothing, but leaves nothing undone.

If the powerful men could observe it,

all creations would be transformed by themselves.

I sort of see it when Ripley goes into hypersleep closing the first Alien movie, posing the

question…

What if sleep wasn't seen as a waste of time or a necessity in order to be healthy,

what if we could just close our eyes and stay there… for years

Hey dear human, sleep, productivity and passiveness are fascinating topics, I'll leave some

interesting links and references down below, and I'll see you soon with a new video,

thanks for watching and as Captain Disillusion always says: Love with your heart, use your

head for everything else

For more infomation >> Hypersleep, How Long Can a Human Sleep? - Duration: 5:49.

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How Long Was the State of the Union Tonight? || SML News - Duration: 6:21.

How Long Was the State of the Union Tonight?

U.S.

President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in 2017.

President Donald Trump gave his first State of the Union speech tonight.

The speech was scheduled to begin at 9 p.m.

Eastern.

But exactly how long did it last? Typically, most State of the Union speeches last about an hour or just a few minutes over an hour, but Trump's tonight was the third-longest State of the Union in history. Trump's State of the Union speech tonight was expected to end around 10 or 10:30 p.m.

Eastern, and it lasted on the longer end of expectations.

Presidents typically don't begin exactly at the start time.

They spend a few minutes walking through Congress and shaking hands before they begin their speech.

But even with that in mind, Trump's speech ending at 10:30 p.m.

made it one of the longest ever.

Trump's speech clocked in at 80 minutes.

This makes it the third-longest speech in American history, second only to two of President Bill Clinton's speeches. This wasn't entirely unexpected. Trump has been known to have speeches that go longer than normal.

His Republican National Convention speech was 75 minutes long, compared to Mitt Romney's 40 minute speech in 2012 and John McCain's 55 minute speech in 2008.

Trump's inauguration speech, however, was just 17 minutes long, which is fairly close to average.

Last year, during his address to Congress in February, Trump began his speech at 9:09 p.m.

Eastern.

The speech was over exactly one hour later at 10:09 p.m.

Eastern.

So it's likely that Trump will stick with that format again this year and have an hour-long speech that ends around 10:10 p.m.

The longest State of the Union address on record goes to President Bill Clinton, whose 2000 address was one hour and 28 minutes long.

The second-longest in history, also by Clinton, was in 1995 and lasted one hour and 24 minutes.

The shortest address was Washington's in 1790, just 833 words and about 10 minutes.

Only one time has a State of the Union address ever been postponed.

That was in 1986 when President Ronald Reagan had to postpone his because the Challenger space shuttle exploded on the same day.

Here's a video of Clinton's State of the Union address, the longest in history:.

After Trump speaks, Rep.

Joe Kennedy will deliver the Democrats' official response to the State of the Union.

He will deliver his response from his home state rather than attending the speech in person, The Washington Post reported.

Elizabeth Guzman, a member of the Virginia state legislature, will also deliver a Spanish-language response, officially sponsored by the Democrats.

But Progressives will be delivering responses of their own, official or not.

Sen.

Bernie Sanders will also deliver a response to the State of the Union via social media.

Rep.

Maxine Waters from California will also give a response during a BET news special.

And Donna F.

Edwards, a former Maryland Congresswoman, will also give an address for the Working Families Party.

How long do you think Trump's speech will be tonight? Let us know in the comments below.

For more infomation >> How Long Was the State of the Union Tonight? || SML News - Duration: 6:21.

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How Long Can I Stay On Workers' Compensation? - Duration: 1:32.

One of the most frequent questions we hear is "how long can I stay on comp".

They're expecting a simple answer.

It's not simple and sometimes they've heard around the factory or their workplace certain

rumors about how long you can stay on, or not, and they really are confused.

First of all, what I explain to them is in the beginning it's important to know if your

claim has been accepted, on what basis has it been accepted.

Insurance carriers have the right to accept it on what is called a temporary notice of

compensation payable, meaning that potentially that particular claim could last only 90 days.

Now, if in fact they don't stop it within the 90 days then that document converts into

a permanent acceptance.

Now, once you're in the status of permanent acceptance there's no way to know how long

you're gonna be on Comp.

Literally, every case is different.