{"id":4245,"date":"2016-10-21T22:17:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T06:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2016-10-21T22:17:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T06:17:20","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/10\/21\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-72","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 72"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4136\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/07\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-58\/20160715_161627\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4136\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4136\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627-300x101.jpg?resize=300%2C101\" alt=\"1 Chronicles 12:32 - they &quot;understood the times&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?resize=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?resize=768%2C259&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?resize=1024%2C345&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?resize=1200%2C404&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?w=1692&amp;ssl=1 1692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1 Chron\u00adi\u00adcles 12:32 \u2014 they \u201cunder\u00adstood the times\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom.<\/p>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneier.com\/blog\/archives\/2016\/09\/someone_is_lear.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">Some\u00adone is Learn\u00ading How To Take Down The Inter\u00adnet<\/a> (Bruce Schneier, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): Schneier is one of the most trust\u00aded voic\u00ades in the field of com\u00adput\u00ader secu\u00adri\u00adty. For a fol\u00adlow-up, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/3127779\/security\/taking-down-the-internet-possible-but-how-probable.html\">this arti\u00adcle<\/a> which includes thought\u00adful mus\u00adings on the prob\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty and con\u00adse\u00adquences of such a take\u00addown.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/print\/scandal-what-scandal\/article\/2005006\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scan\u00addal? What Scan\u00addal?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Mark Hem\u00ading\u00adway, The Week\u00adly Stan\u00addard): &nbsp;\u201cA recent NBC poll found that only 19 per\u00adcent of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans approve of the media, a rat\u00ading well below that of Clin\u00adton or even Trump. And the mis\u00adsives in Podesta\u2019s inbox reveal good rea\u00adsons for the medi\u00ada\u2019s rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion to be in the dump\u00adster.\u201d For a less alarmed take, see&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2016\/10\/john-podesta-emails-wikileaks-press-214367\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wik\u00adiLeaks and the Oily Wash\u00ading\u00adton Press<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jack Schafer, Politi\u00adco).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relat\u00aded: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/the-fact-checkers-keep-destroying-fact-checking\/article\/2604163\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fact Check\u00aders Keep Destroy\u00ading Fact-Check\u00ading<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tim\u00ado\u00adthy Car\u00adney, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Exam\u00adin\u00ader): <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLots of jour\u00adnal\u00adists, includ\u00ading myself, wor\u00adry about what hap\u00adpens when the pub\u00adlic broad\u00adly los\u00ades faith in the media.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/10\/21\/politics\/trump-religion-gospel\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Guilt-free Gospel of Don\u00adald Trump<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Daniel Burke, CNN): a help\u00adful expla\u00adna\u00adtion of Trump\u2019s reli\u00adgious beliefs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One third-par\u00adty can\u00addi\u00addate has a real shot at gain\u00ading elec\u00adtoral votes, and you may not have even heard of him: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/how-evan-mcmullin-could-win-utah-and-the-presidency\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Evan McMullin Could Win Utah And The Pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adcy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ben\u00adjamin Mor\u00adris, FiveThir\u00adtyEight): for what it\u2019s worth, I have heard a sur\u00adpris\u00ading num\u00adber of peo\u00adple I respect say that they will vote for McMullin instead of Trump or Clin\u00adton. These peo\u00adple are gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly Chris\u00adt\u00adian intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adals and are not at all rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive of the gen\u00ader\u00adal pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion. As a result they know he will not win the elec\u00adtion, but feel he is some\u00adone they can vote for with a clear con\u00adscience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantamagazine.org\/20161006-new-algorithm-solves-cake-cutting-problem\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Cut Cake Fair\u00adly and Final\u00adly Eat It Too<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eri\u00adca Klar\u00adre\u00adich,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Quan\u00adta Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cTwo young com\u00adput\u00ader sci\u00aden\u00adtists have fig\u00adured out how to fair\u00adly divide cake among any num\u00adber of peo\u00adple, set\u00adting to rest a prob\u00adlem math\u00ade\u00admati\u00adcians have strug\u00adgled with for decades. Their work has star\u00adtled many researchers who believed that such a fair-divi\u00adsion pro\u00adto\u00adcol was prob\u00ada\u00adbly impos\u00adsi\u00adble.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chrisblattman.com\/2016\/10\/17\/14714\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Is The Most Under-Report\u00aded Con\u00adflict In The World Right Now<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Chris Blattman, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): Ethiopia is fac\u00ading tough times.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/c9FoK\">The Best Sim\u00adple Sum\u00adma\u00adry of This Elec\u00adtion I Have Seen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2016\/10\/16\">Rat For Pres\u00adi\u00addent<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/guilt-ridden-tim-tebow-apologizes-stealing-second-base\/\">Guilt-Rid\u00adden Tim Tebow Apol\u00ado\u00adgizes For Steal\u00ading Sec\u00adond Base<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): the title is bet\u00adter than the arti\u00adcle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles (although if I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing in the arti\u00adcle I\u2019ll usu\u00adal\u00adly men\u00adtion it).<\/p>\n<p>Also, remem\u00adber that I\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m giv\u00ading you a selec\u00adtion of things I found inter\u00adest\u00ading. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the world that\u2019s not mak\u00ading an appear\u00adance here because I haven\u2019t found stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading arti\u00adcles writ\u00adten about it.<\/p>\n<p>Archives at <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Some\u00adone is Learn\u00ading How To Take Down The Inter\u00adnet (Bruce Schneier, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): Schneier is one of the most trust\u00aded voic\u00ades in the field of com\u00adput\u00ader secu\u00adri\u00adty. For \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/10\/21\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-72\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 72\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The internet is vulnerable, the media is mistrusted, and an virtual unknown is on track to win electoral votes.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[177,117,176],"class_list":["post-4245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-media","tag-politics","tag-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-16t","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4245"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4247,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245\/revisions\/4247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}