Another Year Zero freak. His vision is an anchro-libertarian dream. Instead of the 7 day week let each individual or institution define their own week. If Google wants a 10 day week like the French Revolutionaries let them have it. One slight problem is the author leaves out the impact of laws and regulations based on the 7-days week, for example, 40 hour work week.
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05/27/2014 11:23:42 AM PDT by
C19fan
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To: C19fan
Wasn't this proposed on SNL years ago?
43 posted on
05/27/2014 12:46:15 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: C19fan
Abolish homosexuality. It’s unnatural and unnecessary.
44 posted on
05/27/2014 12:52:18 PM PDT by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: C19fan
In the mid-1960’s, there was a proposal to add another day to the week. Maury Wills Day would be inserted between Friday and Saturday, creating an eight-day week with a three-day weekend.
It was around that time that the Beatles released a song entitled “Eight Days a Week.” They probably anticipated that if Maury Wills Day were added to the week, their song, being timely, would be a big hit.
To: C19fan
Interesting about the French Revolution. I thought it was the Russians who played with the 10 day week, but apparently, they experimented with 5 day and 6 day weeks, trying very clearly to get the idea of God out of the calendar.
The French not only experimented with a 10 day week, but also decimal time: 10 hours divided into 100 minutes divided into 100 seconds.
Were there any practical advantages to decimal time, or was it just a matter of French decamania?
55 posted on
05/27/2014 2:36:01 PM PDT by
x
To: C19fan
Yes, let’s just add some more chaos to the chaos.
56 posted on
05/27/2014 3:45:44 PM PDT by
VTenigma
(The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
To: C19fan
There are few things more unnatural and less necessary than Slate. The author needs to be careful about eliminating unnecessary things.
57 posted on
05/27/2014 5:49:03 PM PDT by
Cincinnatus.45-70
(What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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