I (Dan) remember the failed attempt for the US to join almost all of the rest of civilization by using the metric system in the seventies. To my way of thinking, it was a good idea with very poor execution.
What I think went wrong was the idea of converting everything. On highways, you saw both miles and kilometers. In stores, you saw quarts and liters. The change should have just been made overnight. No conversions were needed. It would have taken about a week to figure out what a liter of milk, or gasoline, or any other fluid was. And the first time you went outside, you learn that 30 degrees Celsius is hot, and that your house is comfortable at 17. You wouldn't convert, just reboot and learn.
We spent a whole lot of money on signs and education and have little to show for it. Too bad. When I get to run the country, I'll try to do a little better.
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