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It seems that nearsightedness is caused at least partly by spending lots of time looking at things that are close to you, such as books or computer screens. So maybe what we need is some way of making these things look like they're further away, without the inconvenience of actually moving them further away.
Fortunately, there exists an invention that can solve this problem: glasses. The idea is thus to use glasses that are the opposite of what optometrists would prescribe for nearsightedness (or that are just weaker than what they'd prescribe). There is some evidence to support the use of these "anticorrective" glasses, but I am incapable of telling whether they're a good idea.
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so the solution to having to wear glasses all the time is to wear different glasses all the time?
Wearing anticorrectives all the time also causes myopia, according to what I've read. The proposed solution is to wear anticorrectives only when doing doing near work. Not sure whether any of this is worth it, considering that if you don't want to signal whatever glasses signal you could just get contact lenses.
Another theory I've encountered is that myopia can be caused by a lack of sunlight (caused by spending lots of time indoors).
Why use glasses weaker than prescribed when you can use no glasses at all for free?
The idea is to have a moderate challenge so that you get improvement rather than strain or giving up.