[nitid_name]

Fast forward to the point where we're able to utilize this sleeping brain function to some level of usefulness. I wonder how this sort of sleep-work will affect the quality of one's sleep and their cognitive functioning in the long term.

[Terr_]

The dystopian-cyberpunk perspective would say that it'll be a new kind of sweatshop, with poorer people slowly burning out, selling their sleeping hours as the lowest form of labor.

Alternately, we might find that certain people are very good at certain tasks, and it'll be a more like trade guilds.