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DST is obviously not the real issue. The real issue is that people's habit have changed from what they were until a century ago : the advance of transportation
by rapht 13y ago
DST is obviously not the real issue.
The real issue is that people's habit have changed from what they were until a century ago : the advance of transportation has meant commuting times have extended, the advance of lighting has meant it was possible to spend more and more time awake after dark, etc.
The average time during people are awake is roughly 16 hours a day, and these 16 hours used to be aligned with 1pm being the middle of the day, meaning people would seldom go to bed after 9pm, and would usually get up around 5am.
This makes sense as daylight is well balanced between morning and afternoon. And you don't need daylight saving time !
Therefore the appropriate course of action is to set working hours to be not 9am to 5pm but 7am to 3pm, once and for all.
- Qom 13y agoThat is not appropriate. I do NOT want to have to go to work at 7am, and neither do many people I know.
- rapht 13y agoWhat difference does it make ? It's just a mindset.
- Qom 13y agoCircadian rhythms aren't mindsets.
- Zak 13y agoIt's a mindset or preference to the same degree that homosexuality is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronotype https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronotype
- jsmeaton 13y agoWhoa, I didn't know that was a thing. Now I've got a handy little reference available when the girlfriend complains that I "stay up too late" (past 10pm!).
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- dasmoth 13y agoYou seem to be assuming that people want to have most/all of their "personal" time after working hours. Couldn't you just as well argue for working hours to be 11-7?
- dbaupp 13y agoNatural light is nicer than electric lights. (For me, at least.)