Much has been written about the corrosive effects of today's Hustle Culture in which we hear comments like "I just don't need a lot of sleep" or "Who has time to sleep? Not me!" as a badge of honor. But in fact, "Sleep Shaming" is a timeless tradition. The historian and presidential biographer Ron Chenow tells the story of how, when US Civil War hero U.S. Grant attempted to go to bed at 11pm the night before an important battle, one of his commanders reminded him that Napoleon indulged in only 4 hours of sleep and still presented all the vigor of his mental faculties. Grant, who regularly got 7 hours was dubious and replied "I never believed those stories. If truth were known, I have no doubts that it would be found that he made up for his short sleep by taking naps during the day.