Eric L Hsu is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of South Australia, where he also presently serves as a co-leader of a work package on ‘risk, emergency management and global pandemics’ at the UniSA Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. He is the co-creator and host of the Sociology of Everything Podcast (sociologypodcast.com). His research specializes in the sociology of sleep, the social analysis of advanced automation, and the social theory of disasters. Most recently with Catherine Coveney, Michael Greaney, Rob Meadows and Simon Williams, he is co-author of Technosleep: Fronters, Fictions, Futures (2023) published by Palgrave Macmillan. More information about his work can be found on his website, www.ericlhsu.com.
Technology is radically changing sleep as we know it
Jun 01, 2023 11:38 am UTC| Technology
From sleep trackers to wakefulness drugs, the 21st century has seen an influx of new technology that could radically alter the way we sleep. Many of these new technologies chase the dream of optimised slumber. They...
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