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Why would we have to wait for the future to solve an issue we invented ourselves? Calendars, timezones, unit measures, currencies are self inflicted pain.
by turbohz 11y ago
Why would we have to wait for the future to solve an issue we invented ourselves?
Calendars, timezones, unit measures, currencies are self inflicted pain.
- nikolay 11y agoBecause we need to know approximately the time left till dawn or dusk without having to calculate it every time in every timezone we currently are in. In fact, the date is a problem we invented - time of the day is natural, the location of the sun in the day.
- turbohz 11y agoGood point! But I think you underestimate how adaptable humans are. You would get used to midday being 18:00h very fast.