Partial Explaination of the Growing Wealth and Income Gap

Just a link today, to a great short piece.
I think the  productivity gains cited here by Ruccio, combined with a narrative about even the "well off workers" no longer being "well off" explains a lot of what we are seeing today in the US.  Namely, post-recession, post-occupy movement, return to business as usual.  Massive excess on the backs of the American worker and all that. Happy weekend all, two days of cheap processed food and mass produced beer before you head back to being exploited on Monday.  

https://anticap.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/we-allow-our-fellow-americans-to-be-exploited-for-the-benefit-of-corporate-greed-and-unnecessary-wars/

Finally...have we started to move past the need for sleep?

I have not been writing for a while. 
In an attempt to get (my sleep deprived) brain working again I am starting slow tonight, with a simple link.
This article discusses two new stimulant drugs that in trial seem to allow the brain to function normally without sleep. 
Is it possible that we won't have to waste hours a day in the fight against capitalist exploitation for much longer?
Not addressed are all the health and psychological benefits of a night of slumber. but .....still...steps in the right direction. 

http://www.aeonmagazine.com/being-human/jessa-gamble-life-without-sleep/