Actually, early music videos go much earlier than that. Arguably the first were created by Oskar Fischinger in the 1920s. Not too long afterwards came music videos by the Fleischer Brothers, such as Snow White, starring Betty Boop and Cab Calloway. Neither of these examples is anything like what Jackson describes.
I've been doing the Uberman sleep schedule for the past month. So far it's going great. Obviously my knowledge is all subjective, but based on my performance in school, I haven't lost any mental faculties. After spending some time on the schedule, it becomes less rigid (which seems to be the primary complaint here). Just during the past week I've started moving my naps around by as much as 1.5 hours, with no ill effects. So far this is working better for me, as I can take less time between naps at night, when I'm drowsier, and more time during the day, when I'm more alert.
I don't know if this will eventually cause me to die or go insane (I guess that's part of the fun of trying new things), but I can report that polyphasic sleep is possible and sustainable, at least for a month. After the adaptation (for me it took two weeks or so), it's not really hard to maintain. And since I can shift my naps, I don't see any reason to give this up.
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Actually, early music videos go much earlier than that. Arguably the first were created by Oskar Fischinger in the 1920s. Not too long afterwards came music videos by the Fleischer Brothers, such as Snow White, starring Betty Boop and Cab Calloway. Neither of these examples is anything like what Jackson describes.
I've been doing the Uberman sleep schedule for the past month. So far it's going great. Obviously my knowledge is all subjective, but based on my performance in school, I haven't lost any mental faculties. After spending some time on the schedule, it becomes less rigid (which seems to be the primary complaint here). Just during the past week I've started moving my naps around by as much as 1.5 hours, with no ill effects. So far this is working better for me, as I can take less time between naps at night, when I'm drowsier, and more time during the day, when I'm more alert.
I don't know if this will eventually cause me to die or go insane (I guess that's part of the fun of trying new things), but I can report that polyphasic sleep is possible and sustainable, at least for a month. After the adaptation (for me it took two weeks or so), it's not really hard to maintain. And since I can shift my naps, I don't see any reason to give this up.