James Vincent

It becomes a really, really difficult thing to change a country's system of measurements because it is changing people's way of life in a way. There's lots of sort of fantastic discussions from this during the 19th century where it's sort of compared to changing people's language or going into their homes and moving things about in their house without their say so.

It becomes a really, really difficult thing to change a country's system of measurements because it is changing people's way of life in a way. There's lots of sort of fantastic discussions from this during the 19th century where it's sort of compared to changing people's language or going into their homes and moving things about in their house without their say so.

You know, it's seen as very intrusive and it becomes a cultural issue as well. The real reason, though, if we want to get down to the sort of pragmatist approach to this, the real reason that the US and the UK as well, to a degree, didn't immediately adopt the metric system is that these were two countries that were too powerful that they ever needed to. The US has this huge internal market.

You know, it's seen as very intrusive and it becomes a cultural issue as well. The real reason, though, if we want to get down to the sort of pragmatist approach to this, the real reason that the US and the UK as well, to a degree, didn't immediately adopt the metric system is that these were two countries that were too powerful that they ever needed to. The US has this huge internal market.

You know, it's seen as very intrusive and it becomes a cultural issue as well. The real reason, though, if we want to get down to the sort of pragmatist approach to this, the real reason that the US and the UK as well, to a degree, didn't immediately adopt the metric system is that these were two countries that were too powerful that they ever needed to. The US has this huge internal market.

It had a huge manufacturing base. The UK had the same thing with the British Empire while it had the empire. And that meant that they had these huge markets that they could trade with him. And so they were just too powerful and too rich.

It had a huge manufacturing base. The UK had the same thing with the British Empire while it had the empire. And that meant that they had these huge markets that they could trade with him. And so they were just too powerful and too rich.

It had a huge manufacturing base. The UK had the same thing with the British Empire while it had the empire. And that meant that they had these huge markets that they could trade with him. And so they were just too powerful and too rich.

The really interesting thing with when you look at the history of metric adoption is that it often happens right after a political revolution, which which sounds sort of sounds like a silly comparison. But it happens in Russia, for example, after the communist revolution, they go metric. It happens in China with communist revolution. Again, they go metric.

The really interesting thing with when you look at the history of metric adoption is that it often happens right after a political revolution, which which sounds sort of sounds like a silly comparison. But it happens in Russia, for example, after the communist revolution, they go metric. It happens in China with communist revolution. Again, they go metric.

The really interesting thing with when you look at the history of metric adoption is that it often happens right after a political revolution, which which sounds sort of sounds like a silly comparison. But it happens in Russia, for example, after the communist revolution, they go metric. It happens in China with communist revolution. Again, they go metric.

It happens in India when they free themselves from British imperial rule, they go metric. And it happens in South America a lot too, where you have new republics being created. One of the things they do is they adopt the metric system.

It happens in India when they free themselves from British imperial rule, they go metric. And it happens in South America a lot too, where you have new republics being created. One of the things they do is they adopt the metric system.

It happens in India when they free themselves from British imperial rule, they go metric. And it happens in South America a lot too, where you have new republics being created. One of the things they do is they adopt the metric system.

And my personal read on this is that it's only in these times of huge instability where the norms of the world, the norms of how we live our life are sort of thrown up in the air. They're thrown to hazard and we don't know where they're going to land. It's only in those moments that you can make such a monumental change.

And my personal read on this is that it's only in these times of huge instability where the norms of the world, the norms of how we live our life are sort of thrown up in the air. They're thrown to hazard and we don't know where they're going to land. It's only in those moments that you can make such a monumental change.

And my personal read on this is that it's only in these times of huge instability where the norms of the world, the norms of how we live our life are sort of thrown up in the air. They're thrown to hazard and we don't know where they're going to land. It's only in those moments that you can make such a monumental change.

Yeah. I mean, the metric system, I would argue, is one of our species' sort of greatest scientific accomplishments in a way. I mean, I know that perhaps sounds like I'm overstating it, but it's such a useful tool. And it has been so thoroughly adopted throughout the world. And the benefits of it have been amazing. Imagine if every country today in the 21st century had

Yeah. I mean, the metric system, I would argue, is one of our species' sort of greatest scientific accomplishments in a way. I mean, I know that perhaps sounds like I'm overstating it, but it's such a useful tool. And it has been so thoroughly adopted throughout the world. And the benefits of it have been amazing. Imagine if every country today in the 21st century had

Yeah. I mean, the metric system, I would argue, is one of our species' sort of greatest scientific accomplishments in a way. I mean, I know that perhaps sounds like I'm overstating it, but it's such a useful tool. And it has been so thoroughly adopted throughout the world. And the benefits of it have been amazing. Imagine if every country today in the 21st century had