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Just eliminate DST. Are we in such post-truth era that we'll even lie to ourselves about the time? Tell ourselves it's an hour later when we know it's not, as i

Just eliminate DST. Are we in such post-truth era that we'll even lie to ourselves about the time? Tell ourselves it's an hour later when we know it's not, as if we embrace lies and lying so readily? Why add a layer of complexity; just make the time reflect the position of the Sun, and adjust your schedule as desired. I know we've used DST for a long time, but at least it was a special (albiet annual) thing, not a permanent state.

crazygringo 3y ago
> and adjust your schedule as desired Because individuals can't. Society's schedule is ultimately set by schools, and employers mostly have hours that accomodate parents' kids' needs. The reality is that it's easier to change the clock than shift school's schedules and get everyone else to shift their schedules too. What the heck does "lying" have to do with anything? Solar noon is exactly 12:00 locally at only some vanishingly small slivers of the earth's surface. Clock time is a human convention, and we're free to fiddle with it however we like.