Am I unusual in my enjoyment of the physical pleasures of our existence?? I fail to see how wonderful a pill that could make sleeping optional could be. I love to eat, bathe, touch chanille/silk/soft cotton/smooth skin ... and sleep. I have never felt like I was sleeping too much, that sleep cut into time that could be better spent elsewhere. Sure, there have been times when I had to do something that was affected with my extreme sleepiness, but even then I'd rather have been sleeping than driving/sitting in class/working anyway.

Never mind the warnings plastered all over the article, such as

"Even if the drug is safe, it seems dangerous to mess with your body's sleep needs," Scammell said. "Aside from the obvious effects on brainpower, which modafinil does seem to counter, there is evidence that lack of sleep hurts the endocrine system and the immune system." ....
"My take on this is that as a culture, we already over-work and under-rest," she said. "We are too driven to do more and more to keep ahead of the game. We abuse the natural sleep-wake cycle and so far it appears to turn around and bite us when we do."

Via Morbuseroo.