The longer those eye structures are stretched the higher the risk of disorders like myopic macular degeneration, retinal detachment… glaucoma and cataracts.
For industries, on the one hand, we should adhere to long-term planning and stop myopic behavior stemming from an eagerness for quick success and instant benefits.
The myopic view that antitrust law exists only to protect consumer welfare has played a singularly destructive role, allowing abusive behavior to flourish.
And given that we know that we're myopic, given that we know we can be a little more impulsive than is good for us, we can then start to work against those tendencies.
Even if it did, passing up a chance to help millions of people just because it might hurt my reelection prospects… well, that was exactly the kind of myopic, self-preserving behavior I'd vowed to reject.