I first read this article several years ago and hated it. Giving it another shot, I still do. There are probably real issues that would come by abolishing time zone but they aren't raised here.
This article was written in 2015, when it was already extremely easy to search "What time does the work day start in Australia?". It's only gotten easier and easier as search engines implement smart widgets, of course, but even then it was not at all the medieval process described. (Finding a webcam in the city? As clever as it is stupid.)
> "It would be neat if there was a lookup table for that kind of thing."
There is now and always would be without timezones. Abolishing timezones doesn't mean people stop caring about time.
This article was written in 2015, when it was already extremely easy to search "What time does the work day start in Australia?". It's only gotten easier and easier as search engines implement smart widgets, of course, but even then it was not at all the medieval process described. (Finding a webcam in the city? As clever as it is stupid.)
> "It would be neat if there was a lookup table for that kind of thing."
There is now and always would be without timezones. Abolishing timezones doesn't mean people stop caring about time.