Yeah.

Okay.

Here's a man [clears throat] after which for all intents and purposes the first term highbrow was, was called.

He's, he's there, he's born in the 19th century and lived and died up to the day that John F. Kennedy died in November 22nd, 1963.

He was generally regarded as one of the most brilliant writers of his century, the 20th century.

And I got engaged by him way back when I was in high school and I was one of these kids that, with the thick lenses that read all the time, day and night, because frankly there wasn't many other opportunities.

There weren't many other opportunities for them.

What is myopia and why do you think we are in an epidemic concerning myopia?

Were there any other arguments about glasses, either historically or now, that we want to add to the list?

Well, I have a whole chapter on this.

Yes.

Oddly enough, through the 17th century, eye doctors were, some of them, against prescribing glasses.

They said that, well, it's obvious that two eyes is better than four, that putting on glasses leaves you vulnerable to things which approach you from the side, which you simply can't see or from behind to a lesser extent.

But in our own time, that is in the last 200 years, the prejudice has mainly focused on women.

Now, take today.

prevent it in children and grandchildren