For the readers, let me introduce you to the condition known as Myopia.

“Myopia: a condition in which the spherical equivalent refractive error of an eye is ≤ −0.50 D when ocular accommodation is relaxed.”

“Myopia is a refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the retina when ocular accommodation is relaxed. This usually results from the eyeball being too long from front to back, but can be caused by an overly curved cornea and/or a lens with increased optical power.”

Modernity

In our civilisation, which during these conditioned times, we are aware of the advancements and collisions of a future—one, and yet, that are entirely unknown to us to envision. Our eye, in its literal condition, though perceiving functional reality—the present material world—and whilst allowing the ability to witness the internal dream, imaginative world, along with the resurrection that consciousness grants us to own, the forward march, the pursuit of the future ahead is directly being reduced by these amalgamations from which our very ability to dream of a future, where our silhouettes are fading further into the darkness.

Simply, the thoughts of one's position on the ground amongst the cosmos are becoming blurred, though indirectly it is vital to ground ourselves with the understanding that in any singularity of time we are capable of rationally deciding on decoding this future, and therefore granting ourselves some cognitive function assertion that, by declaration, we are capable of building a future.

Yet, during my observations of the modern social network, it is obvious even to the invalid that man has lost his forward sight ahead, and therefore the gates of the Red Pill, Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ, and other features of these personality microcosms—that of a collective of individuals in pursuit of a previously lost identity to time and its enhanced rate—all maintain features and aesthetics of a people stumbling between the confusion of self and identity.

Following from this dissolution of membrane, the individual that partakes in designing this web of internet that we so chiefly support in our favours for the new way of life, posits the future without even contending with the present awareness of the global being that is unified—in breath, through heartbeat, and in your room.

This is why I am using the condition of myopia as an ontological dilemma that we have bravely and boldly standing before us. I am not at all suggesting such a medical claim, of course, to which such nonsense would not make sense. I am simply using the condition of the structural logic of myopia—a framework of perception—to critique how individuals psychologically orient themselves (or fail to) within a hyper-technological, accelerated, future-opaque world.

One which we cannot escape—literally—we have no option to flee from this world that we have now designed, and by the pressure of our movements into this oblivion, we help contribute in its widening structure that spreads and shall enslave every limb to its snaring outlets.

I am attempting to enlighten this synchronised process we are all enraged to engage with under this philosophical diagnosis, phenomenology, or even epistemic archetyping.

The youth of being today is engaged with witnessing, during their present perception of the material realm, electronic devices that are connected to the entire global conscious framework of humanity. To which every piece of content that has been created and designed by teams, individuals—fundamentally humans—provides us indications into the psyches of those people.

As a collective, these memes of our instincts—one may suggest archetypes—that emerge following cultural and micro movements from simple content production, transfer the individual's attention almost immediately to be surpassed by their own intuitive capability of the very perception that is specifically "owned" by that individual, tailored uniquely yet herd-like entirely, due to it being an unavoidable participation. We are united beyond our entire articulation and expression as creatures of consciousness.

To which this engagement directs the unknown nature of our beings without caution—the rather "unconscious" aspects to our frameworks—and claims are to be made that through marketing, of course, strategies are employed here to induce such things. Yet I am not outlining marketing as the deliverer of this dilemma I see; it holds little significance in the greater aspect of the potential sickness of sight and bones I am unfolding.

There is an appearance of an independent organism that shadows the potential degenerative qualities of the content from the culture and the subcultures that have been born from this technological network we are attached to as a cord. Through our entire access and openness to communicate globally, we have awoken the archaic mite that has laid eggs in the rivers of our blood as it traverses our veins.

Let me invite you, reader, to perceive the surface of my illustration.
Below, you can bear witness to this epidemic—one which is not specifically tailored to my approach in this present movement—but it provides you with some context on the condition of this organism that is developing by the hour.

Cultural illiteracy and identity fragmentation

• A UK YouGov poll in 2023 highlighted that many Gen Z individuals lack awareness of foundational historical events, literature, and philosophy—prompting criticism that the generation is “fluent in platforms, but illiterate in meaning.”
• Philosopher Byung‑Chul Han argues in The Burnout Society that youth are becoming fragmented selves, caught in constant self‑optimization and digital exposure, leading to identity dissolution and burnout.

Mental‑health decline in England

• One in five children (aged 8–16) in England had a probable mental disorder in 2023—this rises to over 23% among 17–19‑year‑olds. Rates of eating disorders have dramatically increased: for 17–19‑year‑olds rising from 0.8% in 2017 to 12.5% in 2023 jamanetwork.com+12england.nhs.uk+12thetimes.co.uk+12.
• In 2023–24, the number of children referred to NHS mental‑health services for anxiety in England reached a record 204 526, up from just 3 879 in 2016–17—a staggering increase theguardian.com.

Screen‑time impairing cognitive development

• A JAMA Pediatrics review found that over 2 hours/day of screen use in school‑age children is linked to executive‑function deficits, including issues with attention, inhibition, and working memory nature.com+11jamanetwork.com+11nypost.com+11.
• A global meta‑analysis reported that excessive screen time correlates with reduced cognitive, language and social‑emotional development in young children https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10353947/?

New studies on screen‑related emotional and behavioral issues

• A UCSF‑led longitudinal study of nearly 12 000 children (aged 9–10) over three years found that social‑media use jumped from 7 to 74 minutes/day, leading to a 35% rise in depressive symptoms washingtonpost.com.
• Another comprehensive review involving 300 000 children linked excessive screen engagement (especially gaming) to heightened social and emotional problems people.com.

It is important to consider the nature of anxiety and depression as rather reactions to an unstable culture. It is also important to note that, as humans, we are wired to suffer. Suffering makes angels of us. It is the engagement with the storm of life itself, and if you are not anxious or depressed regularly, are you really experiencing life?

Through these outlined amalgamations I have briefly contended with, it is important to note that modernity as a state contains the aspect of our suffering to maintain its route—quietly and in our solitary positions. We are disconnected, yet entirely bound together at the same time.

The youth and adults combined are experiencing the fragment of time in itself—and always have been—but in particular today, we are witnessing a condition that is beyond a medical diagnosis. This is a metaphysical condition.

One which philosophy, psychology, and other alternative businesses of mind do not have answers for—nor is it worth exploring these. What I am saying may sound ridiculous, but still, we must speak what we see for the pursuit of our own souls and civilisation.

The interaction with the internet in a literal sense has altered—and continues to alter—our brains in ways we cannot yet understand. Bear witness to it. What exactly are you doing during a text? A call? Scrolling? What is this scrolling?

We are watching people's brains unfold across time and the world all at once. Instantly, we are vitally witnessing the mass spread of consciousness unfolding like a flower—and yet it is not an image we can see like a tree, or a field. We are witnessing the evolution of the human brain collaborating with an entity that is unknown to us, and that which we worship.