The Sleep Industrial Complex
You go to bed on time. You avoid caffeine after noon. You bought the mattress, the blackout curtains, the meditation app. And you are still, somehow, exhausted. The problem isn't your discipline, it's the culture you're sleeping in. In The Sleep Industrial Complex, Dr Harriet Lowe delivers a forensic and deeply practical look at why rest has become so elusive, and how to reclaim it. Drawing on sleep science, cultural history, and her clinical work with chronically fatigued clients, she dismantles the myths we've been sold: that exhaustion is a personal failing, that hustle is the price of success, and that better sleep can be bought with the right gadget. Instead, she offers a clear-eyed framework for understanding the forces, technological, economic, psychological, that have engineered our collective sleeplessness, paired with evidence-based protocols to undo the damage. You'll discover how to audit your evenings, reset your circadian rhythm under modern conditions, and create a recovery practice that actually restores you. More than a self-help book, this is a quiet act of rebellion against a world that profits from your tiredness. Walk away with the language to name what's been done to your sleep, and a concrete plan to take your nights back.