Two game-changing insights from ancient history that I've ignored

Knowledge in 2021 keeps growing at an unprecedented pace. So it's kinda mindblowing that the ancients are still able to cure our misconceptions.

I’ve known for a long time that humans throughout history have practiced segmented sleep, and that the nightly hours of work were often considered ideal for creative work. But even though I knew about it, I didn’t really understand it as anything but an interesting historical fact.

How could I have been so blind?

I love writing, but I’ve been struggling …