Otis is a nice guy. Grant lacks manners and curses like a sailor.

And an emmetrope will see very blurry from closer range if he forgets
his readers.

Your call. In the far future when I develop cateracts, ill be chosing
about -1.5 undercorrection. The margin of error is typically plus/minus
.5 but can be higher. The last thing I want is to end up hyperopic, if
I do, those IOLs are comming right out and getting exchanged with the
approperate power. I would rather be -3 than have *any* amount of
hyperopia because hyperopes cant see clearly and they see almost
nothing from near(IOLs have zero accomodation) while myopes are in
focus *somewhere* and dont require glasses full time(unless your highly
myopic) unlike hyperopes.

except multifocal contacts ;)

I also am familiar with presbyope but mine isnt as bad as yours since
im younger.

amblyopia?

Cateract surgury isnt really elective. As soon as my cateracts have any
impact on vision, out they go and whatever IOLs using the latest
technology will be used. If my cateracts is unilateral, ill get that
one removed and if all goes well, have CLE in the other eye because of
a problem called anisekonia which will make glasses impossible to
tolerate without headaches and I cant tolerate contacts even now. Ill
then never have to worry about cateracts, why suffer anisekonia? One
reason I wont touch lasik is this will become wasted once I develop
cateracts, also lasik alters the cornea and makes IOL calculation
tricky because of a strange, distorted oblate cornea.

Not till I begin to develop cateract(s) Ill have lost all accomodation
before that naturally due to presbyopia. In fact I have a mild degree
of presbyopia right now. I know it depends on the person, some are
happier with distance IOLs, others like me prefer to be in focus at
closer range. I guess being myopic much of my life and taking my
glasses off to read has made me realize how important near vision is.

I spend about 8 hours doing that. The slight undercorrection will keep
me out of readers(except maybe for really tiny print) and my distance
vision wont be bad enough to need distance glasses most of the time
either so ill be 80-90% free of any kind of glasses compared to you
being about 60-70% free of glasses. Theres a saying you can always step
closer to see something in the distance but your arms arent long enough
to read something nearby! :)

I guess perhaps slightly more than 50% choose distance but then many of
those people had good distance vision much of their lives. If you take
a study that compares myopes, most will want to retain clear near
vision. Its different for emmetropes and hyperopes who tend to choose
distance more often.

http://www.facialwizard.yourpower2be.com/cataracteyesurgery.html

Monofocal intraocular lenses are lens that provide a clear vision at
one distance only. Majority of individuals who undergo cataract eye
surgery choose to see well far and correct their near vision with a
pair of eye glasses or contact lenses.

Another site:

Although some doctors use a multifocal or bifocal type of plastic lens
implant, most choose a plastic or silicone implant set for distance
vision. Within certain limits, it's possible to choose the type of
sight you prefer. For example, a very nearsighted person may choose to
be less nearsighted (to see at a distance without glasses)

Two quotes from the OPTHAMOLIC HYPERGUIDE

"If the patient has binocular cataracts, the decision is much easier
because the refractive status of both eyes can be changed. The most
important decision is whether the patient prefers to be myopic and read
without glasses, or near emmetropic and drive without glasses. In some
cases the surgeon and patient may choose the intermediate distance (-1
D) for the best compromise. Targeting for monovision is certainly
acceptable, provided the patient has successfully utilized monovision
in the past. Trying to produce monovision in a patient who has never
experienced this condition may cause intolerable anisometropia and
require further surgery.

Desired Postoperative Refraction
For monofocal lenses, surgeons have traditionally been aiming for
-0.5 D to avoid hyperopic surprise. Some surgeons will target for
monovision in the other eye, thereby attempting to produce a low range
of myopia in the fellow eye of -1.5 to -1.75. Our experience with
multifocal IOLs, such as the Array (Allergan, Irvine, Calif.) lens,
suggests that plano to 0.5 D may be a more desirable target refraction
for this type of IOL because there is less likelihood of unwanted
visual images postoperatively. Some Array surgeons target low myopia in
the fellow eye, such as -0.5, to produce micromonovision, thereby
providing a broader range of intermediate and near vision for the
bilateral Array patient. "