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Convince them of the advantages of adopting the different system. Possible selling points:
- widely used elsewhere,
- simple to use,
- easy to convert across range of magnitudes (for example by using perfices),
- simple links across units for different measures.
Convince them of disadvantages of not adopting.
- Being left behind by the rest of the world,
- Being viewed as intellectual troglodytes,
- Having to adopt the new system anyway for international dealings such as trade, and so having to run two systems in parallel.
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