We should keep daylight saving time forever
This week, the Florida Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act, a proposal for the state to stay in daylight saving time all year round. That’s not happening because the federal government controls time, but the people of Florida have the right idea. Daylight saving time begins this Sunday, but it should last in perpetuity, allowing us to live in a world of evening light.
It’s easy to complain about losing an hour of sleep, and daylight saving is not popular. One 2014 poll found that just 33 percent of people see the point of it, and there have been proposals in Europe to do away with the switch entirely. As my own editor Elizabeth Lopatto has argued, research seems to back this up. Lost sleep is a genuine problem and, more…
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