[KenArrari]

I generally agree except for this point:

> Somehow, we convinced ourselves that turning our necks back and forth is superior to simply resizing windows to smaller sizes so they can be next to each other on a single screen, allowing us to move our eyes quickly without risking a neck injury.

This is basically the same as having multiple screens.

I think where screens help is when they let you avoid a context switch.

So for me if I'm modifying a class and I have to edit class.h, class.cc, as well as wherever it goes I like to have them all open at once so I don't have to hold that context in my head.

[wduquette]

I remember the days of my youth, when I could have multiple apps up on my laptop screen and read the labels. Those days are gone, son, those days are gone.

[lukas099]

I hate the idea of fearing movement so much that turning your head is “risking neck injury”.

I find it more likely that avoiding head movement causes neck injury. And harboring the idea that movement is something to fear and your body is fragile and unadaptable probably one of the greatest predictors of neck pain.

[lazyeye]

This sounds like a great example of "motivated reasoning". In almost any profession that requires some form of repetitive movement you are going to suffer physical deterioration with time beyond what is considered normal ageing. Excessive neck movement will be no different.

[lukas099]

Who suffers more 'physical deterioration', someone who walks 1 mile every day (about as repetitive as movement gets) or someone who is bedridden?

You're not a car, you're an adaptable organism.

[lazyeye]

A person who runs all day, every day, from the hours of 9 to 5, for decades, suffers the most 'physical deterioration'.

[steve1977]

It’s maybe less the “turning” but the “keep turned” for a prolonged time.