And here, Abby writes, “So my question is: Do early birds really end up doing better? And is this because people who want to get up early are naturally proactive, or because people are more productive in the morning? And which is each of you?”ĭUBNER: I love Abby’s questions. We’re not going to count this weird second-mouse-cheese-trap thing against Abby.ĭUCKWORTH: No. I think the idea is that the late-sleeping mouse, who, like, gets up around 11 or something, gets the cheese after the first mouse gets snapped.ĭUBNER: Let’s make a pact right now. The idea is that the first mouse gets killed in the mouse trap?ĭUCKWORTH: Yeah. Quote: “The early bird gets the worm, but it’s the second mouse who gets the cheese,” unquote.ĭUBNER: So, wait. You know: “Early bird gets the worm.” I’ve recently heard a new version of this. I have always felt like our society favored early risers. Let me read you Abby’s question.ĭUCKWORTH: Abby writes, “Dear Angela and Steven. But I usually do wake up quite early - between 5 and 5:30, which - to me that’s just normal.ĭUCKWORTH: No, no, no. So, sometimes I will sleep in until, you know, 6:30 or 7, which feels so luxuriantly criminal. Although, I’m trying now to get more sleep. You wake up at some ridiculously early single-digit number, yes?ĭUBNER: I have been a very early riser for the vast majority of my life. We don’t always record in the mornings, we should say.ĭUCKWORTH: We don’t, but as an early riser, which I know you to be, I kind of knew you’d be awake for it. Are you awake enough to hear it? Because it’s - it’s morning.ĭUBNER: It is morning. Today on the show: Does society favor early birds over night owls?ĭUBNER: Well, you’re taking a bird metaphor that probably has nothing to do with actual people.ĭUCKWORTH: Stephen, we have an email from a listener named Abby, and I’d like to read it to you. DUCKWORTH: I don’t know where the excess energy came from, but my mother insists that it’s the unfortunate consequence of eating candy bars and sugar cereals.ĭUCKWORTH + DUBNER: And you’re listening to No Stupid Questions.
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