Glasses and contact lenses are prosthetics that cost us at a minimum $45K in our lifetime. With the exception of first responders, military and athletes, most of us choose to use prosthetics to correct our sight until those prosthetics fail us and we need cataract surgery. While surgery routinely corrects physical problems, and we clamor to get that corrective surgery, why do we ignore our sight? Why do we take the expensive lifetime option with annual tests, new prescriptions, risk of infection and injury, rather than the less expensive, more effective and efficient corrective surgery? Shouldn’t everyone, worldwide have the opportunity to be able to see without prosthetics? Dr Lance Kugler explores the real cost of eyesight, and makes the case for the global benefit, economic development, personal independence, career opportunities and life changing impact of reframing how we see sight, vision and our eyes. Dr. Lance Kugler, MD, is a specialist in vision correction surgery and CEO of Kugler Vision. A proud Omaha native, he is passionate about improving lives through clear vision. Dr. Kugler serves on several national boards, and his practice is recognized internationally as a center of excellence. Dr. Kugler is one of the original founders of the Refractive Surgery Alliance, an international organization comprised of over 300 of the world’s leading vision correction surgeons; he also served as its first president. Dr. Kugler is an associate professor of Refractive Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Truhlsen Eye Institute. He has been published in numerous medical journals, and participates in numerous clinical studies to advance the field of vision correction surgery. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx