A couple of fun posts you might enjoy:

So You Want To Abolish Time Zones: https://qntm.org/abolish So You Want Continuous Time Zones: https://qntm.org/continuous

What I've gathered from these and similar articles is that time just kinda sucks in general, and no matter what we do we're going to suffer.

Exactly. Lets just wake up when the sun dictates, go to bed when it doesnt. So what if it's 12:37 PM where you are in the world. It's just a label and our circadian rhythm dictates most of this, ignorant of what time society says is "slothful" or "eager" to rise.