Daylight saving time ends Sunday. It ought to go on forever.
Vox
In 2015, Joseph Stromberg made the compelling case at Vox that the daylight saving time shift into the evening should be extended year-round. Having more light later could benefit us in a surprising number of ways:
People engage in more leisure activities after work than beforehand, so we'd likely do more physical activity over sedentary leisure activities. Relatedly, studies show that kids get more exercise when the sun is out later in the evening.
Stromberg also cites some evidence that robberies decrease when there's more sun in the evening hours.
There could be economic gains, since people "take short trips, and buy things after work — but not before — so a longer DST slightly increases sales," Stromberg writes......
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