^The idea of a healthy clock which communities can decide on is one that we do anyhow. Have you ever noticed that in different places, there are different "paces" - different speeds? The new idea I'm proposing is KEEPING things the way they are, timewise for most things; BUT ADDING the ability for communities to set a local clock. For example, a vacation community like Naples Florida might have a clock with slower moments, a business community might have a clock with faster moments. There would be Universal time still, of course. I'm not radically proposing that change; science, business, commerce, the Internet - many things need a Universal Clock. But what about the local communities? What's wrong with two clocks side-by-side? One reflecting Universal time that ticks at a certain familiar pace - and another ticking at a slower or faster pace, one that better reflects the community's ethos? It sounds redundant and ridiculous but what I'm proposing is allowing that choice of setting your own pace. Communities ARE different from each other. We try to make the world work at the same pace but why should it be that for everybody? If you want to get ahead in business or need to synchronize with someone outside of the community? Sure. But we have the technical prowess now where having the ability to bring back a local clock is quite simple. And I think following a more natural pace with regards to the Sun or some other measure a community decides on; a community with a big nightlife could have a slower clock reflecting the laidback day of the community - that sort of thing. I'll find the right way to explain it in fewer words where it makes more sense. These are all just rough drafts. 2014 at 2:00pm EDT^^^