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White man trope vs. noble savages is just that, a trope. The point was elsewhere, that we synchronize our whole lives to an artificial clock, is that absolutely
by rini17 5y ago
White man trope vs. noble savages is just that, a trope. The point was elsewhere, that we synchronize our whole lives to an artificial clock, is that absolutely necessary?
For example, is is known that teenagers would have health benefits from later school start time but it's almost impossible to implement that due to rigid clocks of everybody else. In fact, everyone would benefit from a good sleep.
- marcosdumay 5y ago> is that absolutely necessary? When you go to a store, do you expect to know if it's open beforehand or getting there and finding it closed at random is ok?
- morelisp 5y agoShould be we optimizing society for the education of our youth or our shopping convenience?
- dpark 5y agoThese are not mutually exclusive. Schools still need clocks to coordinate regardless of what time they start.
- marcosdumay 5y agoWhen your kids go to their school, do you expect the teacher and classmates to be there too? It runs through all aspects of society.
- 52-6F-62 5y agoI can honestly say that in Dundas, Ontario that is my experience. My life has not suffered for it.
- couchand 5y agoI frequently go to stores that are open at the convenience of the owner. Often this is out in the country, but there's even one storefront near me in NYC that proudly says, "open by appointment and by luck". You quickly get used to the human-scale patterns. Once when I was in Munich I needed medicine on a Sunday. Despite the pharmacy's posted hours stating it would be closed, I was somehow able to raise the pharmacist and get the medicine I needed. I was very grateful that day to have a human in the loop. I hardly think store opening hours are a good argument for the "absolute necessity" of supreme rule of the wall clock.
- kelseyfrog 5y agoThat need exists, but clocks aren't the only way to solve the problem. This is HN after all. Disrupt time. Sell store availability as a service. APIify that shit!
- dpark 5y ago> For example, is is known that teenagers would have health benefits from later school start time but it's almost impossible to implement that due to rigid clocks of everybody else. It absolutely has nothing to do with that. It has everything to do with people essentially not believing that it actually matters. And to some extent due to convenience for parents who drive their kids to school. My local school system does have high school students starting late relative to elementary schools.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 5y ago> For example, is is known that teenagers would have health benefits from later school start time Our school district did that this year. You know what happened? Teenagers stayed up later, either by choice or obligations, and got the same hours of sleep before, only now some of them can't hold afterschool jobs because they get out of school too late to fit homework and employment in. Everyone is looking forward to reverting the change next year.