To see or not to see...that is not the question...but how? oh
Assume a different situation, a different world, a different time. Optical correction for presbyopia was not yet invented, everything else was similar to here and now. - Myopias were handled with lasers, hyperopias to some extent similarly. So how could people continue to read and do near-work after 50? Very simple, plenty of ligth, larger type fonts, preference for myopias on the job market, hyperopias “need not apply”. Etc etc…a nice and fully functional society…just a little different.
Then along came this little retired guy who happened to put some pluslenses in a wire-frame to balance on the nose and ears. He called them eyeglasses. It helped him work in his mechanical shop, and he could read fine print, like the envied myopes (those who had not been lased). He showed his gadget to friends, and they agreed. Yes, it worked nicely. You could read fine print again in less light…your wife could sew. But the disadvantages were overwhelming. You would all the time have to carry a pair of eyeglasses….myopes would be out of work…optometrists would make too much money…retirement age would be pushed forward…a terrible society.
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Back to here and now. What about buying your presbyope correction in the corner drugstore? During my teaching days in ophthalmology I used to tell the students that primary p-glasses should be bougth at an optometrists shop. Whatever you needed beyond...in your car, or anywhere you needed p-correction for short time use, a drug store pair of glassed would do...at least do no harm. I bougth a pair last week (+4) for the equivalent of USD 3, inluding case at Tiger in Lund...good for car map reading.- As for myopes, one idea migth be to have reversed halfglasses, e g -3 on upper-halves. Always invites comments.. oh
of course you can read this