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That sounds like a good thing to me. It would be unfortunate if going blind was more common
by tuesdayrain 8y ago
That sounds like a good thing to me. It would be unfortunate if going blind was more common
- justinjlynn 8y agoThe more common a disability becomes, the less of a disadvantage it becomes - with some lag, of course - the world does tend accommodate for the (visible) average.
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- RugnirViking 8y agoIt is still undoubtably useful, even if thanks to technology we can manage without.
- afarrell 8y agoCan confirm. I have a condition which makes it hard to see in sharp detail more than 8ish meters away. My wife has the same, as do many others in my family to some degree. There is a very robust industry producing adaptive devices for nearsightedness. I've even heard things like contact-lenses-as-a-service advertised on general interest podcasts.
- jsjohnst 8y agoThere’s even this thing where they use lasers to burn away chunks of your eyeballs, because yeah, losing unnecessary weight and all makes you see better. I had it done a few weeks ago and it’s life changing!