Many young Americans already think in metric regarding things that are much more concrete. For example, phone dimensions are expressed in mm and weight in g.
Also, many young people will give temperatures in degrees Celsius because they chat with people all over the world. Back to Pokemon. There were many video games in the 90's which utilized km/h. Kindest regards, Jason C. Hudson > On Jul 16, 2016, at 3:49 PM, "c...@traditio.com" <c...@traditio.com> wrote: > > 8 Astonishing Pokemon GO Facts You Need to Know About > > In Pokemon GO, the latest rage game played on cell phones by young and old > alike, you need to think in kilometers instead of miles. Gizmodo predicts > that millions of young Americans will eventually learn the metric system all > because of Pokemon GO, as it will force them to think in kilometers instead > of miles. > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma