Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Alex. The human body is simply not evolved to remain in a single position for too long. Even when we lie down or relax under a tree, we never stay still for too long. Even when we are not looking at a computer screen, our eyes constantly move to look at various things. The way school and work environments are designed, go against this natural flow. Pressure to perform adds to stress which keeps the muscles tense for extended periods of time. In the long run it reduces the body's ability to cope with strain, leading to a burnout. The methods of managing the strain you mentioned are indeed an intelligent way to tackle the problem. However, there is much more that needs to be done to bring about awareness at workplaces. For example, people like you feel productive in the morning. People like me feel productive late evening. Dr.Matt Walker has mentioned more about chronotypes. The use of AI tools is also a great suggestion. Perhaps an improvement would be in transitioning from the traditional use of a computer to a much more advanced VR/AR setup that allows people to walk around and go about their daily lives while talking to an AI via the VR/AR set that gets work done on the cloud. Unfortunately, the right solution is not to merely find workarounds. The solution is to identify how much work can be done without damaging the body, and do only that much work, while taking sufficient rest breaks and ensuring that one gets proper sleep. The current method of piling on more work than one can take on, is a sign of poor managerial capability. It is the manager's job to estimate proper timelines and plan for buffers. I've written more about such matters here (https://nav9.medium.com/understanding-and-helping-people-with-eye-strain-2fc249c93e11) and here (https://nav9.medium.com/the-context-of-why-health-is-wealth-c33e68d5d7a2). I've even mentioned what areas of research need to improve here (https://medium.com/@nav9/a-guide-for-people-researching-eye-strain-6d12c47c7167). I hope this could help in spreading more awareness. In approximately August last year, somebody removed The Real Cure for Eye Strain from the indexes of various search engines. I wonder why.
