[A to Z English 팟캐스트: 평생 잠을 자지 않는 것 vs 평생 음식을 먹지 않는 것]-[Topic Talk | Would you rather never have to sleep or eat again?]

The A to Z English Podcast · B1 · 2024-02-26

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밸런스 게임: 잠과 식사의 딜레마

이번 'A to Z English' 팟캐스트에서는 진행자인 잭(Jack)과 소찰(Sochal)이 청취자들에게 흥미로운 밸런스 게임 질문을 던집니다. 바로 "평생 잠을 자지 않아도 되는 삶"과 "평생 음식을 먹지 않아도 되는 삶" 중 무엇을 선택할 것인가에 대한 논의입니다. 여기서 전제 조건은, 원한다면 잠을 자거나 음식을 섭취할 수는 있지만, 생물학적으로 필수적인 욕구나 피로감을 느끼지 않는 상태를 의미합니다.

1. '잠'을 포기하고 싶은 이유: 슈퍼파워와 시간의 활용

두 진행자 모두 최종적으로 "절대 잠을 잘 필요가 없는 삶"을 선택했습니다.

생산성과 여가: 소찰은 잠을 자지 않는다면 8시간의 비행기 여행(red-eye flights)도 거뜬히 견딜 수 있고, 책을 읽거나 시리즈물을 몰아보는 등 여가 시간을 대폭 늘릴 수 있다고 말합니다.
현실적인 기대치: 다만, 두 사람은 잠을 자지 않게 된다고 해서 사람들이 갑자기 생산적인 활동을 할 것이라는 점에는 회의적입니다. 잭은 "사람들이 갑자기 생산적이 될 것 같지는 않다"며, 남는 시간에 유튜브를 보거나 콘텐츠를 소비하는 데 그칠 가능성이 크다고 지적합니다.
피로로부터의 해방: 잭은 나이가 들면서 밤에 깨어 있는 것이 힘들어졌음을 고백하며, 피로를 느끼지 않는 상태를 일종의 "슈퍼파워(superpower)"라고 표현합니다. 특히 현재 겪고 있는 시차 적응(jet lag)의 고통을 언급하며, 잠을 자지 않아도 피곤하지 않은 상태가 된다면 무엇보다 좋을 것이라고 강조했습니다.

2. '식사'를 유지하고 싶은 이유: 즐거움과 문화적 경험

반면, 두 사람 모두 음식을 먹지 않아도 되는 선택지는 배제했습니다.

미식의 즐거움: 소찰은 새로운 음식을 시도하는 것을 매우 좋아하며, 배가 고프지 않은 상태에서 먹는 음식은 진정한 즐거움을 줄 수 없다고 주장합니다.
헝거(Hunger)의 미학: 잭은 배고픔이 음식을 더욱 맛있게 만든다는 격언인 "Hunger is the best condiment(시장은 반찬이다)"를 언급하며, 배고픔을 느끼고 음식을 먹은 뒤 포만감을 느끼는 그 전체적인 경험이 삶의 중요한 부분임을 강조했습니다.

결론: 당신의 선택은?

팟캐스트의 진행자들은 잠을 자지 않는 삶이 주는 효율성과 자유로움을 선호하면서도, 먹는 즐거움을 포기할 수 없다는 인간적인 욕구를 솔직하게 드러냈습니다. 방송은 청취자들에게 "당신이라면 잠을 포기할 것인가, 아니면 음식을 포기할 것인가?"라는 질문을 던지며 마무리됩니다.

이 논의는 단순히 시간 관리의 문제를 넘어, 우리가 삶에서 무엇을 더 가치 있게 여기는지, 그리고 '생존을 위한 행위'가 어떻게 '삶의 즐거움'으로 연결되는지를 다시금 생각해보게 합니다.

🎯Key Sentences

I don't love those odds.

그 확률은 별로 마음에 안 드네요.

That's definitely going to ask.

그건 분명히 물어볼 거야.

I'm just kidding.

농담이에요.

I don't know.

잘 모르겠어요.

I'm going a hundred percent putting all my cards down on that one.

그 일에 제 모든 걸 걸겠습니다.

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📝Key Phrases

the game is on the line

승패가 걸린 중요한 순간이다

for a limited time

한정 기간 동안

if you are inclined

괜찮으시다면

stuff down a meal

허겁지겁 식사를 해치우다

agonize over something

~로 골머리를 앓다

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📖 Transcript

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On all our devices?

Yes, Kristen, yes I am.

Well, I've been looking for my phone for...

In Dax's domain, we see all.

so the situation is you but can you sleep or eat if you want to or you just can't eat again or sleep again i think in this case you like you never have to like you can if you want to but you but you but you don't have to like you don't feel tired that makes it harder because it's like like if you never

have to eat again you know how much money you would save i know but if you never have to sleep again think of how much money how much more work you could do to yeah and you could just do stuff all the time like you could take like the eight hour plane you could take the red red eye flights because you'd

not even be tired yeah you could read books like all night long or just watch like an entire series on netflix and then not even feel yeah tired you know what would probably happen is that people would just spend more time watching things on like youtube or no like if if i had an extra eight or nine

hours every day it's very unlikely that i would start doing something productive with that time no no i would just i would just find i'll find a way to kill there's so much content now i mean we have like almost 500 episodes of this podcast already put already published great crazy really yeah I remember

when we did episode number 100 I know I mean it's it's our website has we have probably almost 500 episodes like we're it's you could just spend a week with A to Z English podcast if if if you are inclined with that extra eight hours a night you know yeah well in my case I think I would this is a tough

one but i think i would rather never have to sleep again because i um i feel like i could just travel so much more if i didn't have to sleep anymore and eating is something i really i really enjoy and trying new foods and stuff and it would be kind of hard to eat if you don't feel hungry ever at all

yeah like yeah you would only be eating for enjoyment yeah but and it just doesn't give you the same joy as like being ravenous and like stuffing down a delicious meal and then feeling full like that's part of the experience and you would be missing that whole part um isn't there isn't there like a i

um I don't I I'm a night owl by by nature but I but lately I've been as I've gotten older it's harder for me to stay awake at night I just fall asleep at you know nine or ten o 'clock at night sometimes and I would love to just always feel awake you know I mean just imagine like it's almost like a superpower

you know it is a superpower yeah and I love food you know so the problem is if i'm awake all that time am i exercising or am i eating and watching tv so you're probably eating and watching tv to be honest with you because what i it's like people rarely are like suddenly we're gonna be productive just

because we have eight more hours in the day that's not gonna happen i mean realistically that won't happen i like to think i would be like podcasting that whole time you know just recording and doing stuff like that but i don't No, maybe I'll become, like, a superhero and just go out and, like, fight

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