Abstract
If the last chapter ended on a pessimistic or even demagogic note— warning that the mental activity that underpins technologized modernity must inevitably provoke instances of insomnia, each like a kind of Ouroboros gnawing away at the system that birthed it—perhaps some consolation can be found in looking around us. For a century and a half has now passed since commentators first issued their admonitions about the irreconcilability of sleep with our modern, hyperconnected, sensory-saturated world, and in that time our dwelling spaces have only become more saturated with stimulations and information, more bustling with round-the-clock connectivity—and yet, as of this writing, planes are hardly falling from the sky en masse from sleep-deprived pilots.
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Insanity Defense British Physician Rational Soul Insanity Plea Persistent Insomnia
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