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Sure, but "society adjusts" works both ways: Society also adjusts to turning the clocks back and forth. The question isn't whether society can adjust, but rath
by raldi 10y ago
Sure, but "society adjusts" works both ways: Society also adjusts to turning the clocks back and forth.
The question isn't whether society can adjust, but rather which society prefers: winter morning sunlight or not changing clocks.
If two people come to opposite conclusions on that point (as you and I do), there's really nothing left to do but agree to disagree.
- CaptSpify 10y agoA small subset of society (school-children) needing to adjust is much less of a hassle than everyone adjusting though. I'd be curious to see how many subsets of society would prefer changing their clocks, vs keeping them the same.
- raldi 10y agoIt's not just schoolchildren. People on HN have a skewed perspective here because we generally don't get in trouble if we're not at work by 9:00 (or earlier). Those who do are more likely to appreciate the extra hour of winter morning sun.
- CaptSpify 10y agoyeah, thats kind of my point. I wonder if there's enough sub-sets of society that it's actually a majority or not?
- raldi 10y agoAnd my point is that since elected representatives across the country and around the world have reviewed DST a number of times over the years and have usually chosen to keep it, the simplest explanation is that it reflects the will of the majority in those locales. It's possible that it doesn't, but like I said, Occam's Razor makes the simplest explanation the default until evidence to the contrary is presented.