U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving time permanent
I find the idea crazy.<p>I get DST, I understand its benefits. But I think it only makes sense <i>because</i> it&#x27;s not the norm. Because it&#x27;s not the norm, we get used to the time for half the year, stick with our long-established timetables, and then want more evening sunlight in the summer.<p>Making it permanent means we are saying that even 100 years from now, children will ask &quot;why isn&#x27;t the sun at the top of the sky at noon?&quot; and we&#x27;ll say &quot;a hundred years ago people thought it was easier to permanently change the clocks because businesses would never, ever let people go home at 4:00.&quot;<p>I think that, if the pandemic and a year from remote work and school has taught us anything, it&#x27;s that getting people to stop work or school an hour earlier is actually within our grasp.<p>(Speaking of which, it&#x27;s 4:00. I&#x27;m going to get off the computer now.)