Saving Daylight Saving Time

Guest: David Prerau, PhD, Author of “Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time” In just a couple weeks, we’ll “spring forward” as Daylight Saving Time begins. The change seems arbitrary, doesn’t it? If it’s for saving energy, we’ve got LED lightbulbs now, so does it really do us any good? And if it’s to maximize daylight for farmers, well we’re not really a farming society anymore. So why do we keep torturing ourselves with this twice yearly clock-changing ritual?