The amazing thing about daylight savings is that we would rather *mess with the definition of time itself* than give people the freedom and flexibility to start their day an hour earlier or later as they see fit. Problems can only be solved through coercive conformity.
@attoparsec No: the amazing thing is that we do it in the SUMMER, when the days get to like only 2 hours of darkness around the solstice (at least here in London, at the 52nd parallel). What are we "saving" here? We've got too MUCH daylight, and need blackout curtains to sleep!