Most of these issues occur in the Medium app for Android, some also in-browser on a PC. #1 Infinite repetitive scrolling: Occasionally I open the app, look at the “for you” tab and scroll down. The first seven (or so) items reappear ad infinitum. …

#1 Continuous scrolling If you are an avid reader — and I’m guessing you are since you are a member already — has it ever bothered you that you have to go to your bookmarks, read them one by one and uncheck them? What if after each story you read, it automatically un-bookmarks…

Lessons from aikido — After some of the restrictions were eased, we could finally train again, outdoors. Turns out six foot apart is perfect for weapons training. A dry spell had made tree branches brittle. The kid was six and had just started training with us. I just quipped to her father that she…

I didn’t know it yet. Did he? — Back in a carefree time in my life I was a member of a workout group. The coaches were volunteering gym teachers and membership was free. We ran all over the park and used the playground as pull-up bars. We grew into a loose collective with dozens of members from…

The kid that was hit by the teacher for being poor. — There are some things I need to write off me. Little methane bubbles from whatever rotted on the dark floor of my mind for 30 years. Why does my subconscious do this to me? At fuck you-o’clock in the morning no less? One such memory is Kevin*. As you would…

Over the course of history, war is undeniably one of the main drivers of innovation. Countless consumer goods, technologies and medical procedures stem from conflict or its aftermath. In my previous articles, I treated medical science, food and beverages, and fashion. In part IV, we’ll take a look at which…

Microdosing Microdosing is taking small doses of psychedelics such as LSD or psilocybin in a semi-regular schedule, for example one day on, three days off. The small amounts are meant to be barely noticeable so that they do not impair regular daily life. The intent of users may be to increase…

With sticky satellites no less. According to the European Space Agency, about 129 million pieces of debris are currently orbiting Earth. 34,000 of these are 10 cm wide or larger. Each one has the potential to damage one of the 2,300 active satellites that run humanity’s science, communications and navigation. …

War is undeniably one of the main drivers of innovation over the course of history. Countless consumer goods, indispensable technologies and lifesaving medical procedures stem from conflict or its aftermath. In Part I we explored advances in medical science. In Part II we learned how war changed the way we eat…