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Sleep, health, productivity, and the double-edged sword of technology

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While technology has traditionally impaired sleep, it also has the potential to enable and reframe sleep as a productivity and health booster.

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        cover image XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
        XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 28, Issue 1
        Is Computing Toxic?
        Fall 2021
        67 pages
        ISSN:1528-4972
        EISSN:1528-4980
        DOI:10.1145/3487894
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