November 5, 2021
So this week we mess with the clocks once again. A form of national self flagellation.
The sun will be in a different place when commuters round corners. Cars will crash. Limbs will break. Lives will be lost. Only the auto body repair industry will truly benefit.
And for what? A satirical proposition made by Ben Franklin ? The actions of The Hun in WW I?
So, in its wisdom, the New York Times Debatable column pointed out that only 28% of the U.S. population actually favor the changing of clocks. But the column then went on, in depth, about how the vast majority who want no change are almost evenly divided between proponents of Standard Time or Daylight Savings Time.
Yipes! So nothing should be done because of the divided preferences?
A humble proposal: just spring forward half an hour next time and leave it there. Forever.
MOE
M.I.C.H. – Modernity, Intelligence, Complexity, Humanity