From Dyane Silvester, Arnside, Cumbria, UK
The comment in your Leader that “The sleep industry, for one, could reorientate itself around helping people… understand that they are getting more and better sleep than they realise” seems naive: why would an industry that monetises our worries about poor sleep try to reassure us in this way? The closing paragraph of another article in the same issue, “Dream hacking helps people solve problems in their sleep”, sums up the more likely dystopian future where dream engineering could “… be hijacked by companies taking out advertisements on at-home devices” (28 February, p 3). I, for one, will not be allowing gadgets near my bedroom!
