> I can’t tell you the amount of seconds (and therefore hours) I have lost trying to cognitively process what time it is on the other side of the world for colleagues. Or what time to setup a meeting for.

Oh yes, it's a pain, for sure.  But Outlook lets you set up so you can at least see them, so I'm regularly scheduling across 4 time zones and three continents.  It's not simple for sure, but I think the complexity is irreducible unless you can make everyone agree to keep the same hours, regardless of where it falls across night and day distinctions.

elvismercury

Good point. Seasons are location dependent but I’not sure I would say they depend on a particular time zone. Although I don’t think you are making that assertion.

I can’t tell you the amount of seconds (and therefore hours) I have lost trying to cognitively process what time it is on the other side of the world for colleagues. Or what time to setup a meeting for.

The current system doesn’t work for a global interconnected system. Perhaps block time doesn’t either. I wonder therefore what becomes the standard.

bitcoin

What if time = blocktime?

davidw

Good point. Seasons are location dependent but I’not sure I would say they depend on a particular time zone. Although I don’t think you are making that assertion.

I can’t tell you the amount of seconds (and therefore hours) I have lost trying to cognitively process what time it is on the other side of the world for colleagues. Or what time to setup a meeting for. 

The current system doesn’t work for a global interconnected system. Perhaps block time doesn’t either. I wonder therefore what becomes the standard.