Even Less Sleep?

Apparently brains have some sort of recycling system, or rather a metabolism, says Maria Konnikova in "Goognight. Sleep Clean". This function of sleep could be one its most important ones, if not the most, and there are speculations that wonder if sleep could be replaced or aided with medications that recycled for our brains. That would definitely be a great advantage: we would have more free time, we would be able to be more productive and… would we be less tired? That is my only concern with the theories that Konnikova explains.

Even if my "neural trash" was efficiently disposed with the help of pharmaceutics and I would be able to sleep less, I do not want to sleep less. To me sleep can be either a delight or a torment. When I sleep well, with no interruptions and I manage to do it for eight or more hours, my body is efficient, energetic and responsive for most of the day. I feel great. When I sleep less than seven hours, interrupted by anything strong enough to wake me up, I spend the rest of the day suffering. It is not until I do a nap, long enough to recover those hours, that I am ready to be fully functional. So I immensely value a good night's sleep. Even if technology makes sleep less important, I don't want to endure this change. It's like food. Why would someone want to replace food with pharmaceutics even if they can be fully nutritious? Food is too good to be replaced by technological advancements and sleep too. They are legendary pleasures that will be very difficult to replace.