Over 70% of 12- to 14-year-olds in China are short-sighted

Re:Over 70% of 12- to 14-year-olds in China are short-sighted by pgcj_poster on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @07:29PM (#22123617)

I always thought the term was near-sighted. "Short-sighted" means "done without consideration for the future."

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Re:Over 70% of 12- to 14-year-olds in China are short-sighted by eindiran on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @07:33PM (#22123634)

In the US, most people do say "near-sighted", but in the UK "short-sighted" is common. For example, on the NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Short-sightedness/

The reason you can use "short-sighted" as an adjective to suggest that someone isn't thinking about the future is by analogy to this condition. The same thing is true for "myopic".

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