Every global standard is a clusterfuck at some level. That is just the nature of the beast. Look at any widely adopted standard, be it exit signage, networking

Every global standard is a clusterfuck at some level. That is just the nature of the beast. Look at any widely adopted standard, be it exit signage, networking protocols, time standards anything... you’ll find a cluster. If you tore down every one of those and tried to rebuild “from first principles”, eventually it too will become a clusterfuck.