I did read the article and a person who utilizes these pods spends at least 6-8 hours in them per day

But you didn't understand it apparently...

There's communal living spaces, the "pod" is just for sleeping.

You're acting like they're sealed up in there the whole time. Or you just don't understand that people sleep 6-8 hours a day...

And you're still acting like people are living there long term. You didn't understand anything in the article