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motherlover  ·  4133 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Experiment: What's YOUR most controversial opinion, Hubski?

Every government or public institution and every business that is above a certain tax bracket should be legally required to stay open 24 hours a day.

This would create more jobs as there are now more shifts to fill. There would be more business during those hours because of all the new people that will be living their life at night so it won't be a waste of wages.

Parents living their life at night will naturally choose to have their children go to school during those hours. We won't be lumping everyone together in one 8 hour time period therefore we will have smaller classes with a better student to teacher ratio which is more conducive to learning.

There will be fewer traffic jams as highway congestion practically disappears since not everybody is trying to get to work / lunch / home at the same times. This is better for the environment as commutes will be shorter with less time a car is spending burning fossil fuels. That also means less wear and tear on the individual vehicles which will save the commuters even more money on general upkeep. There will be far fewer traffic accidents for the same reasons which saves everyone in lives and money.

You wouldn't have to stand in line at the post office for EVER since people can choose any time to go.

There would be less crime at night. Crime doesn't happen more often at night because it's dark, it happens more often because there are fewer people around so you're more likely to get away with it. Change that and crime goes down. Crime is also likely to go down as unemployment drops because of the millions of new jobs created.

A long time ago, it made sense for most of us to go to bed at night. We couldn't see at night and it was dangerous. Well, we've invented the light bulb and killed off most of our natural predators. I think it's time for us to come out into the moonlight and Burns brand perpetual twilight.