# \#sleep

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## [On the necessity of sleep](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/on-the-necessity-of-sleep/4860)

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**Author:** [@jordan.kay](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/jordan.kay)\
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**Last updated:** [July 15, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/on-the-necessity-of-sleep/4860 "2022-07-15T11:31:30Z")

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I just watched Jeff Hawkins - Human Brain Project Keynote Screencast and near the end, Jeff said, “We should be able to build brains that are really tuned for certain types of problems, they never get tired and they’re…