Coordinated Universal Time and Space and the Arbitrariness of Time Zones and Daylight Savings
Time for a change… of time. The 60 minute hour and 24 hour day were inventions of the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians, and the 7 day week and 12 month year are vestiges of the ancient Roman Empire. Our system of time-keeping is kludgy, arbitrary and cumbersome. It also does not respect Special Relativity and the time experienced by the Observer. It is Earth-centric. We must create a time-keeping system that respects the Observer and coordinates humanity with the greater…