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Great, now you just need to convince every single clock in the United States to display 24-hour times, confiscate all the old clocks, and rewire the brains of ~
by chrisfinazzo 8y ago
Great, now you just need to convince every single clock in the United States to display 24-hour times, confiscate all the old clocks, and rewire the brains of ~300 million people to ignore the fact that it might be pitch dark at the same time that another location wants to discuss something important. Productivity would plummet among those people who aren't at all "night owls".
The resistance is cultural, and, let's just say people have strong opinions about these sorts of things. The fight against Celsius would be similarly difficult.
Good luck with that.
- astrodust 8y agoYet somehow the entire world moved from °F to °C without freezing to death or dying of heat. Honestly, it only takes one generation, they'll deal with the change and then the rest is history. of those ~300 million people, 20% are old and will never change, they'll always use legacy time, and 40% are young enough it's no big deal. The remainder will be inconvenienced, but will get by. Besides, it'll give people something to complain about. One of Obama's biggest missed opportunities was day 1 declaring the US was metricizing. This would've given conservatives something other than tan suits and mustard to rage against for the subsequent four years.
- chrisfinazzo 8y agoExcept that we live in a physical world where not everything is perfectly measurable. Imperial units reflect this in their real-world analogues. Moving to metric units would still result in the same fight, even if there is a greater possibility you could actually win.