[asdfologist]

This is a really weak article. As much as the headline is somewhat plausible, none of the cited evidence even indirectly supports it. In fact, it mentions only Mayer/Dorsey as data points linking sleep deprivation to success, and they're counterexamples!

... so why is this article being upvoted?

[gojomo]

An upvote isn't necessarily an endorsement of the article, just a desire for the topic to be on the front page... perhaps even to have related, refuting discussion.

[ribs]

Yeah - maybe sleep deprivation really is a dark blight on the tech industry, but this article is so tendentious! Google Glass is bad, and not only that, it's because of sleep deprivation! Proof by assertion.

[Gigablah]

Maybe the author was sleep deprived when he wrote the article.