Birthdays

As you know, today is the birthday of a good friend of mine. I hope you retain personal celebrations like this on Earth 2.0. It's important to put the concerns of day-to-day existence on pause every once in awhile. They will surely be there after all your gifts are opened and your special day draws to a close.

Here's a suggestion for taking birthdays to a new level -- allow only one person to be born on a particular day of the year. That may necessitate changing the Earth-Sun rotation pattern so there are an infinite number of days per year. I'm sure that wouldn't stretch you. Every person would have the world's attention on them for a day, which would provide extra incentive for them to be nice throughout the year. Attention also would be drawn to the person's community, which would be educational for everyone. Who loses in a scenario like this?