The planet’s vision is getting worse: 50% of the population will have myopia by 2050
The planet’s vision is getting worse: 50% of the population will have myopia by 2050
Experts point out that the overuse of screens and decline in outdoor activity are some of the factors behind the rise of the condition which, if not corrected, increases the risk of blindness
Optometrists believe that the reason for this is that we’re tending to be inside more than we used to be, rather than going outside as much, so our eyes basically aren’t getting as much exercise in looking at stuff far away.
89I’ve also heard the theory that eyes need ultraviolet light to grow properly, which is missing in artificial lighting.
30Yeah, I’ve noticed that my eyes focal point has become the distance to my monitor.
8We're also only focusing on our phone screen not too far from our face too.
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2You mean to tell me, that in this day and age, with half a zillion cars out on the road damn near every day, that people don't go outside as much as they used to? Let alone have to look half a mile down the road to find the exit sign on the highway?..
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Gotta say, I didn't see this coming
78But now that it's up close, it's obvious.
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7Interesting that Chinese optometrists don’t use characters for these tests. With Chinese characters it'd probably be too unreliable I guess.
7I don't think that strategy for testing is purely a Chinese thing. When my kids were little and before they could read, they did eye tests with those same characters. And I'm in America.
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reject smartphones return to thinkpad
2Sounds like that covid bullshit. The reason more people have it is because there have been incredible advances in technology and it’s easier to diagnose as well as more people going to get tested thanks to education.
-14Sounds like a conspiracy theorist
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I mean, it makes sense. With widespread adoption of vision correction, there's no longer an evolutionary advantage to having naturally good vision.
-24Evolution doesn't work on such short time scales.
45Except it does. Microevolutions can absolutely occur on time frames of under a hundred years.
19The median artery of the forearm does for example.
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I think it's honestly smartphones and screens in general. Our eyes weren't meant to be looking at tiny glowing screens all day
2People with worse vision still have a higher chance to die due to poor vision related deaths, (for example not seeing a car coming) than people with perfect eyesight. Not everyone with bad eyesight wears glasses.
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