edit: and I hope not.

It's an ill-though change for change's sake. Nobody is that impressed.

Flat design was more fully thought. But even that was useless and ultimately user hostile.

"Skeuomorphic" (which is mistankenly called that, few parts of OS X or Windows at the time were actually skeuomorphic in nature) was just better UI.

In fact I started reading books again. I consider it a win.

Icons? Spotlight or Quicksilver are my app launchers already, when icons are unclear.

It will be reading glasses or a magnifying phone case. Do you know of any? Business opportunity?

I do not like the business of unequal L/R vision. An optometrist tried that once (without asking) and I felt like my brain was being sheared. I asked for an got equal sight in both eyes.