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Today, people sleep less than they used to in the past. What is the reason for this? What are the effects on individuals and people around them?

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People
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 in the past, slept 2 or 3 times per day. First is daily sleep or nap in
afternoon
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the afternoon
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.
Second
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 time is after sunset, between 8 and 12. After midnight
people
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 were awake for
couple
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a couple
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hours
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of hours
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. Usually ,
majority
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the majority
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 of them read
book
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books
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 or talk with each other and even had guests at night.
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Last
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 phase of sleep is, begins
from
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at
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 2 and continues for 7
hours
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. It is a result of unemployment and poverty.
Due
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to
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to this
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,
people
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 could not do anything without light after sunset. Only wealthy
people
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 could amount
of
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to
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 candles and do whatever they want. As a rule, we know that in the past 85 per cent of
people
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 were poor, so they could not allow
theirselves
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themselves
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 that kind of purchase.
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people
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 slept. The second reason in my point of view ,
that
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people
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 now are more busy than in the past. In the century of innovations ,
people
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 to be successful need to study and
work
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 day and night. Students sleep for 3-4
hours
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 because they burn the midnight oil. Adults sleep less, seeking a
job
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.
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,
due to
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 overpopulation level of lack of
work
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 increased.
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While in
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 the past, everyone who wanted to
work
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 ,could find
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job
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the job
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 of their dream. The first cause mentioned above has led to
people
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 being more sleepy and
work
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no
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not
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 effective. Sleeping more than 8
hours
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,
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apply
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 causes crave sleep more and
clouded
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a clouded
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 mind. The second cause mentioned above
,
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 leads to stress, anxiety and illnesses. Being anxious about
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job
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your job
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 and study may cause stress and depression. Depression is
mental
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a mental
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 state when
people
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 can not even brush their teeth or shower.
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, pressure leads to cancer. Having weighed everything mentioned up,
i
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I
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 can come to
conclusion
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the conclusion
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 that, nowadays
people
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 sleep less
due to
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variety
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a variety
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 of circumstances. So, it would not be surprising if
people
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 in
near
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the near
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 future will be more stressed than now. And solution
of
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to
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this
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 problem
,
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 can be increasing employment and access to 
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job
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jobs
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.
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