As someone who has struggled all my life with traditional 9-5 work day and 10-6p sleep night, this thread is beyond insightful. I think there are people who never adapt to the 24hr day but we force fit into the structure at great expense to our physical and mental #wellness.
SHOCKING 🚨 :
In 1972, A French scientist Michel Siffre volunteered to lose his mind.
He spent 180 days alone in a cave 440 feet underground with:
- No clock.
- No sun.
- No human contact.
What he discovered haunts scientists to this day:
Watched the movies Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick?
The first Top Gun competition was held in 1949. The white pilots competed with the latest state of art aircraft while the black pilots were forced to compete with older obsolete planes.
After 3 days of competition The Tuskegee Airmen team of : Captain Alva Temple, 1st Lieutenant Harry Stewart, 1st Lieutenant James Harvey, and 1st Lieutenant Halbert Alexander (alternate) were announced the winners. The official results for first place were recorded as “unknown” for nearly 46 years.
There was dead silence in the room. Not one of their colleagues applauded this accomplishment. The victory was swept under the rug and the trophy ‘went missing’ and was not seen by the public for 55 years (until 2004). Introducing the real Top Guns.
73 years after the historic win, the American Association of Retired Persons’ Wish of a Lifetime organization met with Harvey to grant his “wish” – that his team be widely recognized.
I’M STUNNED.
After spending a month in Japan, I can’t believe how radically different—and in many ways better—it is compared to life in the US.
Here are 15 experiences that left me speechless: