I want to clarify right at the start that I do not agree with him at all, I think this is wacky nonsense and he's insane and I will not make any attempt to defend his position beyond explaining it fairly. Also, for some additional context, he feels this way bcs for his job he works with people all over the country and world and so figuring out the right times for meetings and stuff is a massive fucking headache, especially bcs his co-workers barely ever clarify what timezone they're talking about.
But essentially he thinks time should be standardized across the globe. So like, everyone's 8am is the same, so say if I wanted to do a VC with someone in Australia, we wouldn't have to convert our timezones, we could just call at 8am bcs 8am is the same for both of us. Sure, for me it might be the middle of the night and it might be like dawn for them, but for both of us the official time is 8am and that's all we have to worry about.
Now I feel it's important to clarify that this wouldn't necessarily mean half of the planet would just never get to see the sun, the day/night cycle can still dictate schedules more or less(we don't want to make the entire planet live like Iceland does), but he takes this to a further, more radical place of "we should also just stop conforming to the neurotypical circadian rhythm and if someone wants to wake up and sunset for work and then come home and go to bed at dawn they can" which is the only part of this I agree with.
Yes for some people that would mean that the day rolls over when the sun is up/they are at work or school, but for people who work unusual hours like nurses and janitors that sort of thing already happens so it's fine.
He thinks military/24-hour time would make this transition easier even though he prefers am/pm time.
He would love to know what the hell the "timezones aren't real" person is on about bcs he does think they're insane. I share this sentiment.
Anyway, that's why I call him a radical timezone abolitionist.
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