Sorry, but outside of surface elements (being about time, base ten, the word “second”) I’m not sure what about my proposal you think has been done in decimal time.
There’s nothing particularly special about base ten¹, but I’m also not sure there’s any particular reason to move away from it, much like the second. Base twelve would probably be more convenient for mental arithmetic, but I don’t much expect a shift to occur. If 2^24 seconds would be more logical, I confess I don’t see why—what do you mean by “logical”?
And, like… this is partly about looking to the future, but I can’t just ignore the present. Seconds mean something to people today. A billion seconds means something to people today. 2^24 or 2^30 seconds might mean something to some people, but not as many.
Base 10 is special because every base is base 10. :p
Sorry, but outside of surface elements (being about time, base ten, the word “second”) I’m not sure what about my proposal you think has been done in decimal time.
There’s nothing particularly special about base ten¹, but I’m also not sure there’s any particular reason to move away from it, much like the second. Base twelve would probably be more convenient for mental arithmetic, but I don’t much expect a shift to occur. If 2^24 seconds would be more logical, I confess I don’t see why—what do you mean by “logical”?
And, like… this is partly about looking to the future, but I can’t just ignore the present. Seconds mean something to people today. A billion seconds means something to people today. 2^24 or 2^30 seconds might mean something to some people, but not as many.
Base 10 is special because every base is base 10. :p