The use of the Binary Digit is natural in Information Theory, and the use of powers of two that lead to K, M... naturally stems from it. No one is to blame if n

The use of the Binary Digit is natural in Information Theory, and the use of powers of two that lead to K, M... naturally stems from it. No one is to blame if not the educative system for letting students believe that counting in base 10 is always the best solution.