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Alex Wykoff
@distributed.camp

Historians will look back on this era and wonder why we didn't use UTC and just wake up when we wanted / needed to. Timezones were invented due to a mess of local sunlight tracking and 'rapid' transit due to the use of trains. We communicate globally now and our time standard should reflect that

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Alex Wykoff
@distributed.camp

Daylight savings has its roots in conservation for world war efforts (1 and 2), but we now have LED lights and are SO WILDLY ILLUMINATED AT NIGHT IT'S FUCKING UP THE ANIMALS. www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/425... darksky.org/resources/wh...

informationisbeautifulawards.comEarth At Night, Mountains Of LightWhat if Earth’s terrain was created by nighttime lights? This 3D web mapping experiment sheds some light on the question with a complete resculpting of our p...

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