http://www.ted.com/talks/arianna_huffington_how_to_succeed_get_more_sleep.html
As witty as ever, Huffington argues for "a new feminist" ideal: "We are literally going to sleep our way to the top!" At the TEDWomen event last year, Huffington told the audience of her episode of fainting from exhaustion two and a half years ago that landed her in the hospital. She advocates abundant sleep in hopes of leading a more productive, fulfilling life. She cracks a Lehman Brothers "and Sisters" joke, amidst explaining that sleep deprivation has become a sort of "one-up" game, wherein people brag about how little sleep they get.
She calls on women to lead the way in sleep, and to thus take the world by storm by being more productive, forward-thinking and big picture individuals who live happier persona lives. Certainly, Huffington is addressing the need of our over-worked businessmen and women to remember the need to sleep. We can see it here on a college campus, where 8 hours of sleep a night is unheard of. I have had many friends brag about their insomnia and other sleep health problems. In particular, Arianna is referring to "Type-A" women, like herself, who overwork themselves to compete in leadership roles against the overly-advantaged men. She says that sleep is the key to live better and be more sucessful.
The only problem I have with Arianna's speech is that it ignores men, but I suppose we can forgive her for that, speaking at TED Women. She does, however, play into the "one-up" game by encouraging women to surpass their male counterparts. On a personal level, this is fine, but as we mentioned today, we are looking for equality not a reverse hierarchy.
As witty as ever, Huffington argues for "a new feminist" ideal: "We are literally going to sleep our way to the top!" At the TEDWomen event last year, Huffington told the audience of her episode of fainting from exhaustion two and a half years ago that landed her in the hospital. She advocates abundant sleep in hopes of leading a more productive, fulfilling life. She cracks a Lehman Brothers "and Sisters" joke, amidst explaining that sleep deprivation has become a sort of "one-up" game, wherein people brag about how little sleep they get.
She calls on women to lead the way in sleep, and to thus take the world by storm by being more productive, forward-thinking and big picture individuals who live happier persona lives. Certainly, Huffington is addressing the need of our over-worked businessmen and women to remember the need to sleep. We can see it here on a college campus, where 8 hours of sleep a night is unheard of. I have had many friends brag about their insomnia and other sleep health problems. In particular, Arianna is referring to "Type-A" women, like herself, who overwork themselves to compete in leadership roles against the overly-advantaged men. She says that sleep is the key to live better and be more sucessful.
The only problem I have with Arianna's speech is that it ignores men, but I suppose we can forgive her for that, speaking at TED Women. She does, however, play into the "one-up" game by encouraging women to surpass their male counterparts. On a personal level, this is fine, but as we mentioned today, we are looking for equality not a reverse hierarchy.
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