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title: "1 Brain Hours Quotes By Jessa Gamble"
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> [Human enhancement is now being driven by military imperatives, at least in the US, because civilian society is more conservative in its approach. It’s a missed opportunity for a society-wide push to understand and reduce our need to power the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-gamble/human-enhancement-is-now-being-driven-by-military-imperatives-at/)

[Jessa Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-gamble/)

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## More by Jessa Gamble

> [We can't feel the rotation of the planet, but in some ways we can because our bodily systems are reacting to it and have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-gamble/we-can-t-feel-the-rotation-of-the-planet-but-in-some-ways-we-can/)

[Jessa Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-gamble/)

> [What people who are doing shift work or managing shift workers or deciding to put people on shift schedules to begin with should realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-gamble/what-people-who-are-doing-shift-work-or-managing-shift-workers-or/)

[Jessa Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-gamble/)

> [The culture of the U.S. military is such that human enhancement is accepted as a goal, taking people beyond the norm. There are so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-gamble/the-culture-of-the-u-s-military-is-such-that-human-enhancement-is/)

[Jessa Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-gamble/)

> [Before the advent of artificial light, we had 13, 14 hours in bed every night... and so what we experience now is about a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-gamble/before-the-advent-of-artificial-light-we-had-13-14-hours-in-bed-every/)

[Jessa Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-gamble/)

> [I'm someone who needs more sleep than average, and I'm quite jealous of people who need only five or six hours and they're good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-gamble/i-m-someone-who-needs-more-sleep-than-average-and-i-m-quite-jealous/)

[Jessa Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-gamble/)

> [Life evolved under conditions of light and darkness, light and then darkness. And so plants and animals developed their own internal clocks so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-gamble/life-evolved-under-conditions-of-light-and-darkness-light-and-then/)

[Jessa Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-gamble/)

> [Why would you have a work day that does not respond to shorter or longer day length? There's something that we lose, taking our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-gamble/why-would-you-have-a-work-day-that-does-not-respond-to-shorter-or/)

[Jessa Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-gamble/)

> [Human enhancement is now being driven by military imperatives, at least in the US, because civilian society is more conservative in its approach. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-gamble/human-enhancement-is-now-being-driven-by-military-imperatives-at/)

[Jessa Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-gamble/)

> [Being unconscious is the ultimate disability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-gamble/being-unconscious-is-the-ultimate-disability/)

[Jessa Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-gamble/)

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