10 Hour Days

Last night while chatting with a friend, we started questioning why we as a society use the time measurements we do. Obviously a year is based on one revelation of our planet around the Sun and a day is based on one revolution of our planet on its axis. But why dived the year into 52 weeks? Why divide the day into 24 hours then each hour into 60 minutes and finally each minute into 60 seconds? We both agreed it would make more sense to use a system that divides into parts that are divisible by 10 similar to the metric system. While we didn’t do the math to figure it all out all the specifics we did figure that one would start this system of measuring time by dividing a day into 10 equal parts (these would be like hours but obviously longer). Then you would keep dividing those increments by 10 down as far as needed. Working the days into a system based on 10 that works with a year could be more of a challenge. I suggest changing the number of days in a week to 10 (keeping with the theme). Of course the extra three days should be added to the weekend in my opinion so that you work 5 days and then get 5 off. Off course pay should remain the same—like that’s going to happen. I think it’s safe to say we are stuck with the current format whether it’s really best or not. O well, it’s still interesting to think about.