Then parents who do morning routine or drop off have to come in an hour later, and their partner also wants to wake an hour later so they can stay up with the family an hour later, which means they don’t want to open the coffee shop until an hour later, so now the random commuter wants to start later so their coffee shop is open, and pretty soon it’s just as easy to say “ah screw it, we’re just going to change the clocks twice a year…”
replyOr, we come up with a system that actually follows the rhythms of nature, rather than forcing a standard schedule year round. Like, I get up later and go to bed earlier in the winter like pretty much every other mammal on the planet, and the 9-5 can shove it. This has nothing to do with clocks changing. Just our patterns changing.
replyI’d like a single, consistent way to mark time, but that shouldn’t dictate my seasonal schedule and rhythms.
> Or, we come up with a system that actually follows the rhythms of nature, rather than forcing a standard schedule year round.
replyThe clock-driven day is one of humanity's greatest inventions. You can't build a spacefaring society on "following the rhythms of nature."
Eh, I say give it a try. Worst case we don't get to space but have a good time.
replyOne of my favorite life hacks (which really isn't a hack) is to not change my clock, go to sleep and wake up at the exact same time (solar wise, not wall clock), and just view the shift as a shift in schedules as opposed to time.
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