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I cannot imagine a world where "the norm" of human interaction would be with people in other times zones.
by zvr 4y ago
I cannot imagine a world where "the norm" of human interaction would be with people in other times zones.
- Tor3 4y agoHuh? For me it is, and has been like that for a very long time. I work with various customers throughout the day, and they are in various different timezones. When I'm not working I almost daily interact with family, again different timezone. I am always aware of various timezones.
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- wasmitnetzen 4y agoIs this the norm for those people too, or are you basically the only one they ever talk to where timezone matters?
- Tor3 4y agoThey do indeed talk to people in other timezones as well. We may have online meetings sometimes, with at least three timezones involved. I can't see how one would only contact in touch with people in a single timezone, unless one only wants to have contact with people in continental Europe (excluding e.g. Portugal and Finland), or people in a single timezone in the US. Timezones are everywhere. The earth is a sphere, so.. can't be avoided.
- TeMPOraL 4y agoIf your work involves coordinating across timezones daily, you're part of the small minority cases I was talking about. Offline world is still mostly local, and almost all interactions almost everyone has, online and offline, are local too.
- Tor3 4y agoFirstly, that's not a small minority case, and secondly, in my small town there are people from around 100 nations, and they have family and friends from all over. And, as I said, even central Europe has 3 timezones just inside EU. It's not like most people only have contact with their 50 neighbours, and never go anywhere. When I talk with friends, timezones come up reasonably often. It's not something people can walk around and not be aware of.
- BurningFrog 4y agoThat's just the online world. Most people we interact with on this site are likely in a different timezone, for example.