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So we'd need to adjust our terminology a bit. I'm sure the world wouldn't end because of that. It's always amusing to me how opponents of the idea of abolishin
by scbrg 4y ago
So we'd need to adjust our terminology a bit. I'm sure the world wouldn't end because of that.
It's always amusing to me how opponents of the idea of abolishing time zones assume that everything will stay the same, except, well abolishing of time zones. Apparently in the moment we do so, humanity will be become incapable of adjusting even the slightest. It will be impossible to invent a couple of new terms to let people communicate easily about time. It will be impossible to replace time zone maps and time zone aware clocks with ones that show regular office hours in different regions, &c.
For the record, I'm not even really for abolishing time zones, but the fact that the word "tomorrow" would become slightly less useful is not a particularly significant reason.
- Taywee 4y agoWe spend a huge amount of our time talking about and reasoning about time. Destroying the meaning of all of the language we've built up is pretty significant. More importantly, it basically ensures that all that terminology will be vastly different when you live in different parts of the world, where the day changes in the morning vs the middle of the solar day vs the evening vs the middle of the night. Weekday names will be entirely regional, and their implications will be as well.
- mantas 4y agoDecoupling day cycle from the sun is quite a big change.