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I think the difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius is less important for the world than the difference between imperial and metric.

The reason for this is that we rarely deal with multiples of tens in temperature. In our world we really don't think much about milliCelsius or KiloCelsius type of units--it feels awkward even trying to type something like that (because they're not even words). And while in some sense it might make sense to base your measurement system on the freezing point and boiling point of water, it's also quite arbitrary in that the boiling point of water only matters in cooking.

For everything else, I'm a fan of metric. And when it comes to cooking, I'm a fan of recipes that measure in weight rather than volume, mainly for dry ingredients. If you say "1 tsp of salt" and the recipe writer is assuming kosher salt and you're using fine sea salt, guess what--you just over-salted your dish. Even if they say "kosher salt", Morton's is almost twice as dense as Diamond Crystal, so you have to know what the recipe writer meant if they don't call out a brand. Same with various flours. Given how precise everything needs to be in baking, it's outlandish that people are still asked to measure ingredients in cups/tsp/tbsp...

I say go metric with everything.

Conversion to metric would be a bitch for us land surveyors, as we deal with legal descriptions using acres, miles, feet, chains, rods, links, etc.

Original documents cannot, and should not, be changed. I can't imagine the sheer number of property boundary disputes that would be caused. Of course, I do enjoy being called in as an expert witness, so...

Obviously some industries may continue to use antiquated and nonsensical measurement systems.

No reason to hold the rest of us back.