Episode 61 - The Neophytes (Don’t) Protect the Sun
The House of Representatives passed the Sunshine Protection Act 308-117 in July. The Act would make Daylight Saving Time (i.e., summer time) permanent: there would be no falling back on a glorious night in November, and the Sun would rise just in time for Christmas brunch.
Anyway, Senator Tom Cotton seems to agree with me that whatever we’re doing now is going just fine. President Trump (and Channing) do not. The President reacted in all circumspection, publishing the senator’s private cell phone number online. If anything, a good reminder not to give your number to someone just because he says he’s your president.
That nonsense aside, Cotton’s main point is a good one: we tried this before and didn’t like it. In January 1974, Congress began a trial where DST was made permanent nationwide. By October, public opinion had soured enough they ended the trial early. That, to the senator and me, is good enough reason on its own not to try the experiment again.
After discussing the Sun, we moved on to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: specifically, the lengths to which we’ll go to be accepted, our almost limitless ability to convince ourselves those lengths are okay, and what we can do to prevent giving up our morals to be more palatable to the group.
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