and channels online to put your content on and have it seen by a wide audience than there ever were before-- so if you're Night owl . Since you live in Georgia, UGA or Georgia Tech?
OK. How about night owls? I'm actually the night owl side of things. So interesting. Yeah, I know you are too.
But we also know that in fact, she was up all night working before. She's a famous night owl . So she often gets about two hours of sleep, even to this day.
But he just stood there and just sang. Because I'm a night owl .
He's up all night. He's a night owl . But he reads everything.
We'll get on with the questions first. Are you a morning person or a night owl ? Definitely a morning person.
And Scott, you're always my example of the weirdo who loves Mars time because if you are a person who's a night owl with no children-- you have children now, of course-- but if you are a night owl with no children and you love to sleep in, what's not to love about sleeping in 40 minutes later every day? It sounds great. But if you have any connection with the rest of humanity-- Which I totally don't.
My patients turn out to you know, this person has been working to take this to an extreme. So, the chronotype story is you're either an early bird or a night owl . And you had shared that you're a night owl and your girlfriend is an early bird, okay? And
chronotype story is you're either an early bird or a night owl . And you had shared that you're a night owl and your girlfriend is an early bird, okay? And what is being taught is that that is your genetic makeup.
All right. We're going to have to make note of that one for everybody and share that out after as well. Now, morning or night owl ? Morning person definitely. I get so sleepy when 8 o'clock arrives, so I'm definitely way more productive in the morning.
And technology is now starting to come back and fix the ailments that technology started with our sleep. It's not your fault if you're a night owl .
And technology is now starting to come back and fix the ailments that technology started with our sleep. How do you know if you are a night owl ?
So it's interesting when you start to think about that idea. So when you think about an early bird or a night owl , if we actually looked at their melatonin, it actually falls under the same wave form-- however, at different times.
and channels online to put your content on and have it seen by a wide audience than there ever were before-- so if you're Dare. Early riser or night owl ?
And then the best of all is deep restorative sleep, the dark green .So Iím using this and, uh, Iím trying to get to be a better sleeper and very shortly after I started using this, my wife who is a night owl , comes in the room and she looks at the clock and she says, ìEric, I know youíre awake, and I wanna talk.î Eric Topol: Ok. And thatís good that people at this age can appreciate that, because thatís, of course, one of those kinds of things that, uh, you would particularly appreciate getting older.
is very, very interesting when you start to think about it. So Michael, you're telling me that if I'm a night owl , and I wake up at 7 o'clock, 6:30 in the morning, what's going on? My melatonin faucet is still running, running, running, whereas if I'm an early bird, it's not.
what's going on? My melatonin faucet is still running, running, running, whereas if I'm an early bird, it's not. So this is why, for all of you people who are night owls-- raise your hand again if you're a night owl . This is why mornings suck.
Jollof rice. Always. Vanilla or chocolate? Vanilla. OK. Are you a morning person or a a night owl ? I'm a night person, yeah.
And we talk about how we want to work together. So we cover different preferences, communication tendencies, introvert, extrovert, morning person, night owl , what drives you nuts, what are your quirks, how do you like to give and receive feedback, do you like to receive texts or emails.
So Mars time is where you set your clock to the rotational rate of Mars, which has days 40 minutes longer than Earth days. And Scott, you're always my example of the weirdo who loves Mars time because if you are a person who's a night owl with no children-- you have children now, of course-- but if you are a night owl with no children and you love to sleep in, what's not to love about sleeping in 40 minutes later every day?
however, at different times. So if we look here, and we see the red, that's an early bird, and the blue-- that's a night owl . It turns out that even though they have the same melatonin curve, they're happening at very different times in their own 24-hour cycle, which
And if you look historically, we've always known about the two. Actually, there have been quizzes and assessment tools around for quite a while looking at the early bird and the night owl , but not necessarily people in the middle, and also not necessarily people with insomnia.