Improving on Nature

I know there are proponents of daylight saving time, but I'm wondering if the tide has turned mostly against the idea. Judging from Facebook posts, it would seem the answer is, "End daylight saving time!"

I am not a fan for a variety of reasons. Mostly because daylight saving time is a perfect example of how the level of our human arrogance has increased as civilization has advanced. We have made 'improvements' to things like water by bottling it, farming by using deadly chemicals and our food supply by genetically modifying it. With daylight saving time humankind even has the audacity to think we can improve on something as simple and basic as the rising and the setting of the sun.

There is ample evidence to suggest that these items I mention, and many others I could name, actually are a better way of doing things. Just ask Monsanto. Monkeying around with nature earns this corporate giant $1.5 billion in quarterly profits. Its version of improving on nature certainly seems 'better' to shareholders even if it comes at great cost to our health and to the environment.

There is a rhythm in nature that is simple. A rhythm which is not at odds with life but rather in sync. One way to express this harmony is recorded in the book of Ecclesiastes as:

There is a time for everything,
   and a season for every activity under the heavens

I believe it suggests, in the case of daylight saving time, that if we would relax and stop demanding that the rising and the setting of the sun conform to our schedule we might be less stressed and happier. Wouldn't it be better to leave the clocks alone, enjoy the changing of the seasons and adjust our activities accordingly?