[jkdearden]

It's analogous to the current situation with the metric and imperial unit systems - yes, it would make sense to switch away from imperial units, but it would require many people to fundamentally change how they think about distance, volume, speed, etc. (or time, in the case of the calendar).

Although in that case, we sort of have a wrapper, in that many labels list both types of units, but I tend to just look at the unit that I know, and haven't built up a correspondence between the two, so that doesn't really help adoption.

[dfc]

I do not know how analogous this is to metric standardization. Everyone using metric seems to produce some very clear and concrete gains.

I like to think we (americans) are standing on principle and refusing to accept the metric system on the basis of semantic consistency: an SI base unit should not contain a prefix.

[ldng]

Just stop teaching imperial units. Europe adopted the Euro and usage of old national currency is fading away. Even the elders around have started to stop converting Euros to old national currencies.

It's hard but not impossible. It's a matter of doing it and stick to it.