A good night's sleep

More and more reports suggest that getting a good night's sleep is crucial for your health. Discovery Health just announced a venture to dig into their own data to see the correlations between good sleeping behaviour, health, wealth and positive life decisions.

According to Hylton Kallner, the Discovery Bank CEO, they have already found a direct correlation between good sleep and a lower likelihood of diabetes, hospitalisation, mortality rates and car accidents. Discovery already has sleep tracking data from over 100 000 members who wear smartwatches at night, covering 47 million nights.

Now they plan to incentivise their members to get good rest, with rewards. I wonder if they will give parents of young children some leeway? Because babies and a good night sleep do not go hand in hand.

Having a big corporate know your sleeping patterns does feel a little bit creepy. Or is that just me?