Plenty of people older than Gen Alpha very much prefer digital clocks too. I can read analog clocks but it takes me several seconds to convert it to digital time (which is how my brain thinks). As far as I'm concerned, analog clocks are a relic of the past and it's a good thing to abolish as many of them as possible.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago (16 children)

but is it good that we think differently than prior generations thanks to the advent of the affordable digital clock in the 1970s? i think we lose something in that conversion that we might not be fully appraised of until the last analog clock is gone. a policy of elimination seems concerning to me because it presumes that a single perception is the superior perception rather than a different perception

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago (15 children)

What does that even mean...? If you know of something specific that is superior about analog compared to digital clocks, I'd like to hear it.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

i don't think one or the other is strictly superior. there's been a lot of scientific research (paywalled, thanks, academia, or i'd link it) about how this changes our perceptions of time. there is yet to be any study into how this change in perception changes anything or everything else. that is what i am worried about. jettisoning something potentially useful and turning it into a lost technology, on purpose, before we even know what the consequeces are

link to a summary popular science article to get anyone interested started

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