[Aloha]

The number of layers of arbitrary dont bother me very much. We've metrified our industry (gradually over 50 or so years), dealing the the government is metric, etc. I think we've adopted the metric system in the most important places - I dont think our competitiveness is harmed or helped if I have to buy meat by the KG at the grocery, or the weather forecast comes in celsius or not.

[usrbinbash]

Then why not just officially ditch what is, at this point, a quirky anachronism at best, and a potentially really expensive source of mistakes [1] at worst?

[1]: https://www.simscale.com/blog/nasa-mars-climate-orbiter-metr...

[Aloha]

Largely, the because the costs to change what remains, isnt worth the savings we'd get from doing it. Moreover the people who would have to bear those costs, are often the people in business least able to do so.

[usrbinbash]

Out of curiosity, how much would that cost?

And just so it's easier to put that number into perspective, how would it compare to, say, spending more on defense than the next 10 countries on the list combined, having the most expensive Healthcare system in the world, or having trillion-dollar tax cuts?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...

https://www.statista.com/chart/8658/health-spending-per-capi...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/camilomaldonado/2019/10/10/trum...