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Dumb. Much better idea is to split the daylight into 12 equal chunks and the night into 12 equal chunks so we have 24 hours a day 12 of which are light and 12 of which are dark.
It's so simple. We just got to change the definition of an hour everyday.
They used to do this. Hours were divisions of the day, like slices of a pie, rather than a specific length of time.
Using equal hours, and dividing them into minutes, was something only astronomers did to help with their calculations.
It kind of makes sense in a way. It feels more natural
An 8 h work day during the winter flies by, but the lunch hour is only long enough for one bite sandwich. On the other hand, 12 h of night is plenty enough for all my hobbies.
In the summer, work devours your entire life and there’s hardly any time to sleep.
Just normalize 4h work days :D
This is exactly what I was thinking. Smaller working hours. Or at least smaller around the peak of summer and winter.
Sounds good to me. In this case, 4 flexible hours of work in the summer means about 6 fixed length hours. In the winter those 4 flexible hours translate to about 2 fixed length hours, so I think I'll have plenty of time for my hobbies.
One can dream of such a beautiful future
*twice every day
Twice a day or once a day for the day hours length vs night length hours. Also for every latitude as well. What a simple system