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The planet’s vision is getting worse: 50% of the population will have myopia by 2050 (english.elpais.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not just screens. Books are just as bad. Human eyes aren't really optimized for staring at a single fixed distance for hours at a time, every single day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah best thing for your eyes is to regularly look out into the distance in between whatever you're doing.