Opinion: We should all be lucid dreaming
It allows us to reconsider our world at a time when attention is at a premium.
From The Times
May 25, 2026

Lucid dreaming opens your mind to unexpected ways of thinking and allows you to reconsider your world, writes Cody Delistraty.

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And you can train yourself to do it. →

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