The overhead though. Sure, we could decide to move when things start/open throughout the year, but the amount of mental overhead is astronomical at scale. Some

The overhead though. Sure, we could decide to move when things start/open throughout the year, but the amount of mental overhead is astronomical at scale. Some people just don't care enough. I don't read half the emails I get. What if the school district email reminding parents about the time change goes to spam? What if my kid forgets to give me the paper notice they received in class? What about the changes from my pharmacy or supermarket? Not to mention geography also plays a huge part in this. 4pm in the Netherlands vs 4pm in Egypt could look very different outside depending on the local weather. If you live in a part of the world with constant cloud cover, it will seem darker outside than in the desert, but you both share the same clock. The upside to the way method we use now, is that it only happens twice a year and at most, you might miss something by 1 day. If that happened once a quarter, maybe we could get everyone on board, but again it's highly dependent on where you live. Some places can add 3-5 minutes of extra sunlight per day in the Spring! Over a week or two, that's a substantial amount of extra light/darkness. While I agree that the current situation is not ideal, there are a lot of scenarios I can imagine being much worse for very little gain.