Being a college student, and constantly staying up for 30+, I have a little experience here. I find that being awake and concentrating on a subject can be easily achieved for 20+ hours straight, the only problem being that the body demands rest afterwards. I remember reading an article before of what the natural sleep cycle would be if the sun were not present, and I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that a person would be awake for a significantly longer period than 20 hours... followed by a sleep of much longer than 8 hours. Working 15 hours a day every other day would be ok, but if you did it everyday it would kill you after a long time. Personally, I wouldn't mind working 20 hour shifts every two days.... and I don't see this as a bad alternative to regular hours.... except perhaps for emergency physicians and the such...
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Being a college student, and constantly staying up for 30+, I have a little experience here. I find that being awake and concentrating on a subject can be easily achieved for 20+ hours straight, the only problem being that the body demands rest afterwards. I remember reading an article before of what the natural sleep cycle would be if the sun were not present, and I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that a person would be awake for a significantly longer period than 20 hours... followed by a sleep of much longer than 8 hours. Working 15 hours a day every other day would be ok, but if you did it everyday it would kill you after a long time. Personally, I wouldn't mind working 20 hour shifts every two days.... and I don't see this as a bad alternative to regular hours.... except perhaps for emergency physicians and the such...
-Matt