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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was more imagining the current world, but corrective lenses were never invented.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

on the bright side we would probably have much better public transit

[–] Rinox@feddit.it 4 points 7 months ago

On the other hand, without the invention of lenses we wouldn't have most of our science and technology. No microscope, no telescope, no microchips, no precision engineering. So many things today are possible only because we could enhance our shitty vision with lenses