--- title: Alice Robb | TIME description: Robb is a science journalist and the author of the forthcoming book “Why We Dream.” canonical: https://time.com/author/alice-robb/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/alice-robb/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Alice Robb ## Alice Robb Robb is a science journalist and the author of the forthcoming book “Why We Dream.” ## Alice Robb *  Nov 16, 2018 ### [People Say It's Boring to Talk About a Dream You Had. Here's Why You Should Do It Anyway](https://time.com/5456903/why-we-dream-alice-robb/) There are social and psychological benefits to sharing your dreams [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/alice-robb/","name":"Alice Robb"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/alice-robb/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/alice-robb/"},"name":"Alice Robb","jobTitle":null,"description":"Robb is a science journalist and the author of the forthcoming book “Why We Dream.”","url":"https://time.com/author/alice-robb/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```