Theory of the Day: Television Blindness

A 1930s and early-1940s fear theory claiming that the intense flicker, glare, and light patterns of early television screens were not merely uncomfortable, but part of a broader technological hazard that could damage eyesight and gradually blind the generation expected to serve in future wars. The theory drew on real visual fatigue from early displays and on wider anx…

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