"Why we try and "maximize daylight" like we're plants is actually an archaic practice first thought up in the late
1700s and often attributed to Benjamin Franklin. As some elementary school teacher may have explained to you, this was a practice to accommodate agricultural workers and farmers (wrong, and we'll get to this in a minute) or lower the nation's electricity usage."
A lot of that is prime b.s. There is actually no benefit or rhyme or reason we have to endure this weekend's time shift and no reason we should even be playing with the idea of losing and gaining hours. Here's why:
The Energy Savings Are Minimal
DST Is Bad For Your Health
Time Shifts Are Bad For Your Productivity
DST Is Not Financially Responsible
DST Is Not Helping Any Farmers
You Don't Even Like DST
The Atlantic's Alexander Abad-Santos
