The author mentions in the book, it is as rare as being hit by a lightning to find a person who needs less than 8 hours of sleep.
I used to feel the same way before reading this book that I need only 6 hours of sleep. I was wrong. I started eating healthy and getting exercise (cardio) regularly - Bam, now I need more than 8 hours of sleep and my sleep quality improved tremendously.
I don't know why this is getting up votes. This looks like a browser for bimbos. No, seriously. I don't want the browser telling me what sites to go to and while doing that, blocking my view when the address bar is in focus. 10 minutes (well, 6) wasted!
Before anything, Google+ badly needs a complete change in UI. It is very counter intuitive and stupid. Also, they should not be allowing anybody and everybody to add a person in their circles. It is annoying. That said, I think it might really work in their favor if they can execute the plan well, because significant number of active FB users are college students. I think it makes a good selling point to switch.
I doubt the claims about being 'as good as', in this article, but It is a very well written and informative article about the internals of search engines.