Lex Friedman shares a personal and humorous story about suddenly losing vision while wearing contacts, leading to a frantic pre-Zoom crisis, while also reflecting on his lifelong journey with vision correction—from childhood glasses to LASIK and back to contacts—plus a rant about his Plan
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