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So, the issue is the time of day companies decide for their employees to work. Instead of shifting that time we should shift the way we handle time.

It's interesting how we try to solve problems.

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If a goal is for a myriad companies and entities of all shapes and sizes and with wildly differing priorities, timelines and focus, to all do exactly the same thing at exactly the same time... isn't a government decree exactly the right tool for the job?

> If a goal is for a myriad companies and entities of all shapes and sizes and with wildly differing priorities, timelines and focus, to all do exactly the same thing at exactly the same time

Liiiiike making everybody move over to DST before making the time permanent?

I mean, sure, we're pretty used to doing it, but that's a sunk cost fallacy, isn't it? Better to freeze the time zones before forcing everyone going through it?

Yes, but why is the goal to make _everyone_ shift? I want a diversity of schedules so that commutes, errands, etc, are all more spread out.

This. Making DST permanent is like buying an amplifier that goes from 2 to 11 instead of 1 to 10.

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