<story><title>The myopia boom (2015)</title><url>https://www.nature.com/news/the-myopia-boom-1.17120</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jacobwilliamroy</author><text>I always thought it was because all of the &amp;quot;far away&amp;quot; stuff is outside and a person who spends 90% of their time indoors never has to look at anything far away.&lt;p&gt;What are the rates of shortsightedness among people living in dense forests (or some other cramped outdoor environment)?</text></comment>
<story><title>The myopia boom (2015)</title><url>https://www.nature.com/news/the-myopia-boom-1.17120</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tristanj</author><text>Discussion from 3 years ago (311 points): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=9227541&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=9227541&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>