0604硅谷夜未眠：为什么科技达人痴迷睡眠技术顺理成章｜经济学人(4)

约翰逊将自己的这套做法公之于众，倒不是指望他人仿效，而是为鼓励人们分享自己的睡眠习惯和小贴士。和其他许多科技达人一样，约翰逊认为睡眠卫生是保持心理健康、提升认知和提高效率的有效方法。生产那款高科技戒指的芬兰0ura公司最近一轮融资的投资者包括YouTube和Twitch的联合创始人、Facebook、Skype和Box.com等公司的前员工等。Oura戒指最著名的用户是Twitter的老板杰克多尔西(Jack Dorsey)，他有一套独特的养生方法——除了佩戴Oura戒指，还使用近红外桑拿房、电磁屏蔽帐篷、禁食和冷冻疗法。因此上月他被《纽约时报》戏称为“硅谷的格温妮丝*帕特洛”。看起来，对科技大亨来说，睡眠成了新型健身。
fast [v]
to eat no food for a period of time禁食；绝食；斋戒
例：Patients must fastfor six hours before having the procedure.病人在手术前必须禁食六小时。
— fasting [u]
例：periods of fasting禁食期 a time of fastingand prayer斋戒祈祷时间
dub sb sth.戏称…为…
If someone or something is dubbeda particular thing, they are given that description or name. 把…称为
例：Today"s session has been widely dubbed as a "make or break" meeting.今天的会议被大众称为“不成则散”的会议。
Those who want to monitor and improve their sleep have no shortage of gadgets to choose from. As well as electric blankets and mattress-chillers, sound machines and smart rings, there are also smart pillows, sleep-tracking watches and bracelets, intelligent sleep masks, brain-stimulating headbands, bedside sleep sensors and countless sleep-monitoring apps.