I spend time every day looking at GOES images and animations. This is something I have not seen before but I am going to start watching closer. I never really appreciated just how interesting and dynamic the atmosphere was until I started looking loser. To just watch the clouds go by is nice but I really enjoy seeing the recurring patterns and trying to find a reason (mostly landscape but a few man made things as well).
As a slightly older person (mid 50s) who just started wearing glasses I will say that multi focal lenses have not been very important driving. I am mostly looking outside the car and can read the dash fine (with my prescription). I actually have more trouble using a laptop and referring to something written or closer than the laptop screen.
My eye doctor asked, during my last visit, if I wanted a prescription for reading glasses and then asked if I wanted them to read close up (book, phone, etc) or for a laptop.
So, to make a guess at an answer to your question: Maybe different people have different needs.
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