The Evolution Of Sleep Disturbance Through The Generations

THE EVOLUTION OF SLEEP DISTURBANCE THROUGH THE GENERATIONS Today it's recommended that we try and get 8 hours of sleep every night, but in the pre-light bulb era, the perception and practice of sleep was very different. The pre 1900's era witnessed an interesting sleeping pattern contrasting to the present day, which involved sleeping for a few hours, waking up and spending this period as leisure time with friends, family, neighbours, or reading and writing prayers and then going back to bed until the morning. But what prompted the change in segmented sleep and how it was perceived? In short, various distractions have contributed to us staying up later, with the various disturbances evolving over time from street lighting to 'screens.' Take a trip through the generations and observe the technologies which have been keeping the nation awake since the 19th Century. PRE 1900 1807 Street Lighting 1876 Telephones 1878 Electric Light GREATEST GENERATION 1936 Televisions BABY BOOMERS 1954 Colour Televisions GENERATION X 1976 Atari 2600 1977 VHS GENERATION Y 1981 Personal Computers 1986 Mobile Phones 1991 AA Www World Wide Web 1994 PC gaming 1998 8 Google 1999 MSN Messenger GENERATION I/GENERATION Z 7 2000 () Broadband 2000 DVD Players 2000 „Erienda Reunited Friends Reunited 2001 iPod 2003 Myspace f f 2004 Facebook 2005 You Tube YouTube 6 2005 Bebo 2006 Twitter NETFLIX 2007 Netflix (Streaming) 2007 amazonkindle Amazon Kindle 2007 Apple iPhone 2010 Apple iPad 2015 Apple Watch Brought to you by SleepyPeople.com Sleepy People.com the place for a great night's sleep