Time Decimalisation
SlabTime was decimalised at the moment it left orbit (see PD), there being no further reason to link personal sleep/wake cycles to what was already an inappropriately enforced day/night routine.
History
Circadian rhythm related sleep disorders had been growing at an alarming rate since the mid 20th centuryCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag.
- ↑ Considered Blocks- recent investigation has shown that Home isn't actually a planet at all, but some form of gaseous nebula which rules out a day/night cycle completely.
Base units
The SI unit of time is the second (s). By the time Slab left Earth it was just way too complicated to change that
It was decided as part if the Initial Design for SlabWide systems that the SI unit [second
Controversy
While there are many well documented, biological reasons for the length of the SlabDay, it has been frequently pointed out that the extra hours were all added during 'peak time' which greatly benefited the media who had been lobbying for longer peak time slots on Earth for decades.
The fact that time decimalisation was sponsored by media conglomerates has never been disputed.