{"id":5902,"date":"2020-03-20T15:06:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T23:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5902"},"modified":"2020-03-20T15:06:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T23:06:27","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-242","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/03\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-242","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 242"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a>     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. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lot of links this week. Can you tell I\u2019m on lock\u00addown in the Bay Area? Since some of you are, too, you\u2019ll have time to read them! \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u201a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kid\u00adding aside, I nev\u00ader assume any\u00adone reads all of these. Skim the links and open the ones that inter\u00adest you in new tabs, but be sure to open all the amus\u00ading stuff at the end \u2014 you need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li>Pan\u00addem\u00adic Visu\u00adal\u00adiz\u00aders:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2020\/world\/corona-simulator\/\">Why out\u00adbreaks like coro\u00adn\u00adavirus spread expo\u00adnen\u00adtial\u00adly, and how to \u201cflat\u00adten the curve\u201d<\/a> (Har\u00adry Stevens, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): an excel\u00adlent visu\u00adal sim\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion of dif\u00adfer\u00adent inter\u00adven\u00adtions. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/history-of-pandemics-deadliest\/\">Info\u00adgraph\u00adic: The His\u00adto\u00adry of Pan\u00addemics, by Death Toll<\/a> (Nicholas LeP\u00adan, Visu\u00adal Cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adist): well-done<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/climate\/coronavirus-pollution.html?action=click&amp;amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;amp;pgtype=Homepage\">Watch the Foot\u00adprint of Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Spread Across Coun\u00adtries<\/a> (Nad\u00adja Popovich, New York Time): shows changes in pol\u00adlu\u00adtion as economies shut down<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gabgoh.github.io\/COVID\/index.html\">Epi\u00addem\u00adic Cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adtor<\/a> (Gabriel Goh, github.io): the author is pur\u00adsu\u00ading a Ph.D. in math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics at UC Davis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li>Chris\u00adt\u00adian Pan\u00addem\u00adic Per\u00adspec\u00adtives:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michelephoenix.com\/2020\/03\/the-emotional-impact-of-campus-closures\/\">The Emo\u00adtion\u00adal Impact Of Cam\u00adpus Clo\u00adsures<\/a> (Michele Phoenix, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cThere are few things in life as pre\u00addictable as one\u2019s col\u00adlege tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adry. From the dread\u00aded fresh\u00adman-fif\u00adteen to changes in aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic majors or find\u00ading out last minute that you\u2019re two cred\u00adits short\u2026 It all plays out accord\u00ading to an estab\u00adlished time\u00adline. Then comes a virus that upends every\u00adthing and predictability\u2014one of the pri\u00adma\u00adry sta\u00adbi\u00adliz\u00ading fac\u00adtors of our lives\u2014suddenly morphs into a whirl\u00adwind of shift\u00ading unknowns.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/03\/20\/unfinished-narratives\/\">Unfin\u00adished nar\u00adra\u00adtives<\/a> (Jes\u00adsi\u00adca de la Paz, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cEvery\u00adday there\u2019s anoth\u00ader email, and with every email anoth\u00ader string of hope we wear hang\u00ading around our necks is yanked off, and we\u2019re left with a red impres\u00adsion of where it once was. My immi\u00adgrant par\u00adents who fought tooth and nail for me and my broth\u00aders won\u2019t get to see me walk across the stage to get my diplo\u00adma. There will be no pho\u00adtos or laugh\u00adter-filled recep\u00adtion.\u201d Jes\u00adsi\u00adca is a Chi Alpha stu\u00addent. She is also quot\u00aded in this Wall Street Jour\u00adnal arti\u00adcle: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/to-fight-coronavirus-colleges-sent-students-home-now-will-they-refund-tuition-11584625536\">To Fight Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus, Col\u00adleges Sent Stu\u00addents Home. Now Will They Refund Tuition?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/03\/13\/christianity-epidemics-2000-years-should-i-still-go-to-church-coronavirus\/\">In Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Pan\u00addem\u00adic, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Has Ancient Lessons<\/a> (Lyman Stone, For\u00adeign Pol\u00adi\u00adcy): \u201cThe mod\u00adern world has sud\u00adden\u00adly become reac\u00adquaint\u00aded with the old\u00adest trav\u00adel\u00ading com\u00adpan\u00adion of human his\u00adto\u00adry: exis\u00adten\u00adtial dread and the fear of unavoid\u00adable, inscrutable death. No vac\u00adcine or antibi\u00adot\u00adic will save us for the time being. Because this expe\u00adri\u00adence has become for\u00adeign to mod\u00adern peo\u00adple, we are, by and large, psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly and cul\u00adtur\u00adal\u00adly under\u00adequipped for the cur\u00adrent coro\u00adn\u00adavirus pan\u00addem\u00adic.\u201d Side note: I have very much enjoyed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lymanstoneky\">the author on Twit\u00adter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/4-lessons-church-history\/\">Respond\u00ading to Pan\u00addemics: 4 Lessons from Church His\u00adto\u00adry<\/a> (Glen Scriven\u00ader, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cPlagues inten\u00adsi\u00adfy the nat\u00adur\u00adal course of life. They inten\u00adsi\u00adfy our own sense of mor\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty and frailty. They also inten\u00adsi\u00adfy oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to dis\u00adplay coun\u00adter\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal, coun\u00adter\u00adcon\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal love. The church rose to the chal\u00adlenge in the sec\u00adond cen\u00adtu\u00adry, win\u00adning both admir\u00aders and also con\u00adverts.\u201d High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. A longer ver\u00adsion is avail\u00adable as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Is_oVKPYirc\">a 45 minute YouTube video<\/a> (which, full con\u00adfes\u00adsion, I have not watched).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/theological-reflections-pandemic\/\">The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Reflec\u00adtions on the Pan\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Bri\u00adan Tabb, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cAll people\u2014rich and poor, young and old, reli\u00adgious and non-religious\u2014are sus\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble to sick\u00adness and are cer\u00adtain to die one day. Yet for fol\u00adlow\u00aders of Jesus, sick\u00adness tests our faith, reveals our hope, and moves us to be zeal\u00adous for good works.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/evangelical-history\/plague-and-providence-what-huldrych-zwingli-taught-me-about-trusting-god\/\">Plague and Prov\u00adi\u00addence: What Huldrych Zwingli Taught Me About Trust\u00ading God<\/a> (Stephen Ecch\u00ader, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cI first came across Huldrych Zwingli\u2019s \u2018Plague Song\u2019 while study\u00ading the Protes\u00adtant Ref\u00ador\u00adma\u00adtion at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of St. Andrews: \u2018Help, Lord God, help in this trou\u00adble! I think death is at the door. Stand before me, Christ, for you have over\u00adcome him.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/religioninpublic.blog\/2020\/03\/18\/does-religion-impact-what-people-are-afraid-of\/\">Does Reli\u00adgion Impact What Peo\u00adple Are Afraid Of?<\/a> (Ryan P. Burge, Reli\u00adgion in Pub\u00adlic): \u201cAmong Protes\u00adtants who nev\u00ader attend church, their total num\u00adber of fears is no dif\u00adfer\u00adent than Catholics at just about six\u00adteen. How\u00adev\u00ader, as a Protes\u00adtant increas\u00ades their fre\u00adquen\u00adcy of wor\u00adship atten\u00addance their total num\u00adber of fears begins to decline. Among Protes\u00adtants who attend more than once a week, the mod\u00adel pre\u00addicts just 11.5 fears \u2013 which is sta\u00adtis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant from both low attend\u00ading Protes\u00adtants and all Catholics.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2020\/03\/17\/not-end-of-the-world-coronavirus-bible-prophecy\/\">This is not the end of the world, accord\u00ading to Chris\u00adtians who study the end of the world<\/a> (Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pul\u00adliam Bai\u00adley, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cCould this be a sign of the apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse? It sure might feel apoc\u00ada\u00adlyp\u00adtic. But not if you ask Chris\u00adt\u00adian writ\u00aders and pas\u00adtors who have spent years focus\u00ading their mes\u00adsage on the Book of Rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion \u2014 the New Testament\u2019s final book.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li>Gen\u00ader\u00adal Pan\u00addem\u00adic Think\u00adpieces:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2020\/03\/dont-worry-buzz-aldrin-is-protecting-himself-from-the-coronavirus\/\">Buzz Aldrin has some advice for Amer\u00adi\u00adcans in quar\u00adan\u00adtine<\/a> (Eric Berg\u00ader, Ars Tech\u00adni\u00adca): \u201cBuzz Aldrin knows a thing or two about quar\u00adan\u00adtines. After return\u00ading from the Moon in 1969, Aldrin, Neil Arm\u00adstrong, and Michael Collins spent 21 days in quar\u00adan\u00adtine to pre\u00advent the spread of any con\u00adta\u00adgions they might have brought back from the lunar sur\u00adface.\u201d Very short. Mild\u00adly amus\u00ading.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/03\/interview-francis-collins-nih\/608221\/\">NIH Direc\u00adtor: \u2018We\u2019re on an Expo\u00adnen\u00adtial Curve\u2019<\/a> (Peter Wehn\u00ader, The Atlantic): \u201cWhen I asked him how he sees faith now, in his late 60s, com\u00adpared with how he saw things in his late 20s, he told me, \u2018I think I\u2019ve also arrived at a place where my faith has become a real\u00adly strong sup\u00adport for deal\u00ading with life\u2019s strug\u00adgles. It took me awhile, I think\u2014that sense that God is suf\u00adfi\u00adcient and that I don\u2019t have to be strong in every cir\u00adcum\u00adstance.\u2019\u201d Fran\u00adcis Collins is a sol\u00adid believ\u00ader who we co-host\u00aded to speak at Stan\u00adford around a decade ago. Good inter\u00adview. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2020\/03\/17\/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-making-decisions-without-reliable-data\/\">A fias\u00adco in the mak\u00ading? As the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus pan\u00addem\u00adic takes hold, we are mak\u00ading deci\u00adsions with\u00adout reli\u00adable data<\/a> (John Ioan\u00adni\u00addis, Stat News): \u201cThe most valu\u00adable piece of infor\u00adma\u00adtion for answer\u00ading those ques\u00adtions would be to know the cur\u00adrent preva\u00adlence of the infec\u00adtion in a ran\u00addom sam\u00adple of a pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion and to repeat this exer\u00adcise at reg\u00adu\u00adlar time inter\u00advals to esti\u00admate the inci\u00addence of new infec\u00adtions. Sad\u00adly, that\u2019s infor\u00adma\u00adtion we don\u2019t have.\u201d The author is a Stan\u00adford pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of med\u00adi\u00adcine, of epi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy and pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion health, of bio\u00admed\u00adical data sci\u00adence, and of sta\u00adtis\u00adtics.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/03\/china-trolling-world-and-avoiding-blame\/608332\/\">Chi\u00adna Is Avoid\u00ading Blame by Trolling the World<\/a> (Sha\u00addi Hamid, The Atlantic): \u201cA gov\u00adern\u00adment is not a race. It\u2019s a regime\u2014and eas\u00adi\u00adly one of the worst and most bru\u00adtal in our life\u00adtime. Crit\u00adi\u00adciz\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan regimes for what they do out\u00adside their own bor\u00adders and to their own peo\u00adple is sim\u00adply call\u00ading things as they are. To do oth\u00ader\u00adwise is to for\u00adgo analy\u00adsis and accu\u00adra\u00adcy in the name of assuag\u00ading a regime that deserves no such con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/global-opinions\/dont-blame-china-for-the-coronavirus--blame-the-chinese-communist-party\/2020\/03\/19\/343153ac-6a12-11ea-abef-020f086a3fab_story.html\">Don\u2019t blame \u2018Chi\u00adna\u2019 for the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus \u2014 blame the Chi\u00adnese Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty<\/a> (Josh Rogin, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cLet\u2019s stop say\u00ading \u2018Chi\u00adnese virus\u2019 \u2014 not because every\u00adone who uses it is racist, but because it need\u00adless\u00adly plays into the Chi\u00adnese Com\u00admu\u00adnist Party\u2019s attempts to divide us and deflect our atten\u00adtion from their bad actions. Let\u2019s just call it the \u2018CCP virus.\u2019 That\u2019s more accu\u00adrate and offends only those who deserve it.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2020\/03\/tucker-carlson-on-how-he-brought-coronavirus-message-to-mar-a-lago\">\u201cDishonesty\u2026Is Always an Indi\u00adca\u00adtor of Weak\u00adness\u201d: Tuck\u00ader Carl\u00adson on How He Brought His Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Mes\u00adsage to Mar-a-Lago<\/a> (Joe Hagan, Van\u00adi\u00adty Fair): \u201cI felt I had a moral oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to be use\u00adful in what\u00adev\u00ader small way I could, and, you know, I don\u2019t have any actu\u00adal author\u00adi\u00adty. I\u2019m just a talk show host. But I felt\u2014and my wife strong\u00adly felt\u2014that I had a moral oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to try and be help\u00adful in what\u00adev\u00ader way pos\u00adsi\u00adble. I\u2019m not an advis\u00ader to the per\u00adson or any\u00adone else oth\u00ader than my chil\u00addren. And I mean that. And you can ask any\u00adbody in the White House or out how many times have I gone to the White House to give my opin\u00adion on things. Because I don\u2019t do that. And in gen\u00ader\u00adal I real\u00adly dis\u00adap\u00adprove of peo\u00adple stray\u00ading too far out\u00adside their lanes and act\u00ading like just because they have sol\u00adid rat\u00adings, they have a right to con\u00adtrol pub\u00adlic pol\u00adi\u00adcy. I don\u2019t believe that. I think it\u2019s wrong.\u201d Unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2020\/03\/19\/coronalinks-3-19-20\/\">Coro\u00adnalinks 3\/19\/20<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cI\u2019m usu\u00adal\u00adly pret\u00adty harsh on Bay Area gov\u00adern\u00adments here. So I want to give cred\u00adit where cred\u00adit is due: they\u2019ve react\u00aded to the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus epi\u00addem\u00adic with a lev\u00adel of swift\u00adness and feroc\u00adi\u00adty they usu\u00adal\u00adly reserve for attempts to build new hous\u00ading.\u201d I am includ\u00ading the link entire\u00adly for that glo\u00adri\u00adous line. The rest is worth\u00adwhile, but that line is majes\u00adtic.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@tomaspueyo\/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56\">Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus: The Ham\u00admer and the Dance<\/a> (Tom\u00adsa Pueyo, Medi\u00adum): \u201cThis is prob\u00ada\u00adbly the sin\u00adgle biggest, most impor\u00adtant mis\u00adtake peo\u00adple make when think\u00ading about this stage: they think it will keep them home for months. This is not the case at all. In fact, it is like\u00adly that our lives will go back to close to nor\u00admal.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>The author is quite crit\u00adi\u00adcal of the USA. Maybe it\u2019s because I live in Sil\u00adi\u00adcon Val\u00adley and am cur\u00adrent\u00adly on lock\u00addown, but I think we\u2019re respond\u00ading pret\u00adty aggres\u00adsive\u00adly. Hon\u00adest\u00adly, I think we\u2019re doing bet\u00adter than most coun\u00adtries around the world (def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly not Sin\u00adga\u00adpore, though \u2014 respect to that island tech\u00adnoc\u00adra\u00adcy). Also, Amer\u00adi\u00adca often takes a while to mobi\u00adlize in response to great chal\u00adlenges but once we do the strength of our response is stag\u00adger\u00ading. We engage in relent\u00adless and pub\u00adlic self-crit\u00adi\u00adcism that leads us to over\u00adcom\u00adpen\u00adsate; for exam\u00adple, the news keep empha\u00adsiz\u00ading that we are piti\u00adful\u00adly behind on test kits. It is true that we were inex\u00adcus\u00adably behind. How\u00adev\u00ader, our capac\u00adi\u00adty for test\u00ading is explod\u00ading \u2014 pre\u00adcise\u00adly because every\u00adone believes we are piti\u00adful\u00adly behind. There remain oth\u00ader areas in which we are still falling flat, and they are hav\u00ading bright spot\u00adlights trained upon them. So I\u2019m cau\u00adtious\u00adly opti\u00admistic. Things will be bad but not near\u00adly as bad as they could have been. For all of her faults, Amer\u00adi\u00adca is still pret\u00adty amaz\u00ading.<\/li>\n<li>Also, the author inex\u00adplic\u00ada\u00adbly trusts China\u2019s reports about their cur\u00adrent lev\u00adels of infec\u00adtion. Giv\u00aden extreme\u00adly recent his\u00adto\u00adry, that is per\u00adplex\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/17\/opinion\/coronavirus-face-masks.html?smid=fb-share&amp;fbclid=IwAR2aDDPKW3GtyJPYv0_bUUANbn1woqVWXgyYeF4uRtQQF9qoGaj3ht5nNOM\">Why Telling Peo\u00adple They Don\u2019t Need Masks Back\u00adfired<\/a> (Zeynep Tufek\u00adci, New York Times): \u201cIt used to be said that back in the Sovi\u00adet Union, if there was a line, you first got in line and then fig\u00adured out what the line was for \u2014 peo\u00adple knew that there were going to be short\u00adages and that the author\u00adi\u00adties often lied, so they hoard\u00aded.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at UNC. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/615370\/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing-18-months\/\">We\u2019re not going back to nor\u00admal<\/a> (Gideon Lich\u00adfield, MIT Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy Review): \u201c\u2026one can imag\u00adine a world in which, to get on a flight, per\u00adhaps you\u2019ll have to be signed up to a ser\u00advice that tracks your move\u00adments via your phone. The air\u00adline wouldn\u2019t be able to see where you\u2019d gone, but it would get an alert if you\u2019d been close to known infect\u00aded peo\u00adple or dis\u00adease hot spots. There\u2019d be sim\u00adi\u00adlar require\u00adments at the entrance to large venues, gov\u00adern\u00adment build\u00adings, or pub\u00adlic trans\u00adport hubs. There would be tem\u00adper\u00ada\u00adture scan\u00adners every\u00adwhere, and your work\u00adplace might demand you wear a mon\u00adi\u00adtor that tracks your tem\u00adper\u00ada\u00adture or oth\u00ader vital signs.\u201d Shared by a con\u00adcerned stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li>Non-pan\u00addem\u00adic (YES!!!!):\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2020\/03\/17\/book-review-hoover\/\">Book Review: Hoover<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cHer\u00adbert Hoover is the first stu\u00addent at Stan\u00adford. Not just a mem\u00adber of the first grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading class. Lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly the first stu\u00addent. He arrives at the dorms two months ear\u00adly to get a head start on var\u00adi\u00adous mon\u00adey-mak\u00ading schemes, includ\u00ading dis\u00adtrib\u00adut\u00ading news\u00adpa\u00adpers, deliv\u00ader\u00ading laun\u00addry, tend\u00ading live\u00adstock, and help\u00ading oth\u00ader stu\u00addents reg\u00adis\u00adter. He would lat\u00ader sell some of these busi\u00adness\u00ades to oth\u00ader stu\u00addents and start more, oper\u00adat\u00ading a con\u00adstant churn of enter\u00adpris\u00ades through\u00adout his col\u00adlege career. His aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics remain mediocre, and he con\u00adtin\u00adues to have few friends \u2013 until he tries out for the foot\u00adball team in sopho\u00admore year. He has zero ath\u00adlet\u00adic tal\u00adent and fails mis\u00ader\u00adably, but the coach (whose eye for tal\u00adent appar\u00adent\u00adly tran\u00adscends ath\u00adlet\u00adics) spots poten\u00adtial in Hoover and asks him to come on as team man\u00adag\u00ader. In this role, Hoover is an unqual\u00adi\u00adfied suc\u00adcess. He turns the team\u2019s debt into a sur\u00adplus, and starts the Big Game \u2013 a UC Berke\u00adley vs. Stan\u00adford foot\u00adball match played on Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading which remains a beloved Stan\u00adford foot\u00adball tra\u00addi\u00adtion.\u201d Long but good (if you are inter\u00adest\u00aded in Stan\u00adford, pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial his\u00adto\u00adry, or clever thoughts).\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.econlib.org\/scott-alexander-on-herbert-hoover\/\">Scott Alexan\u00adder on Her\u00adbert Hoover<\/a> (Scott Sum\u00adn\u00ader, The Library of Eco\u00adnom\u00adics and Lib\u00ader\u00adty): \u201cHoover was not the most tal\u00adent\u00aded per\u00adson to ever become Pres\u00adi\u00addent, but he was prob\u00ada\u00adbly the most com\u00adpe\u00adtent. Unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, his areas of com\u00adpe\u00adtence did not dove\u00adtail with the prob\u00adlems fac\u00ading the US dur\u00ading the ear\u00adly 1930s. Hoover was very good at orga\u00adniz\u00ading large endeav\u00adors, but the prob\u00adlems faced by the US dur\u00ading the ear\u00adly 1930s were <em>macro\u00adeco\u00adnom\u00adic<\/em> in nature. Unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, being a good admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtor doesn\u2019t have much cor\u00adre\u00adla\u00adtion with under\u00adstand\u00ading macro\u00adeco\u00adnom\u00adics.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/history\/2020\/03\/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries\/#close\">\u2018Dead Sea Scrolls\u2019 at the Muse\u00adum of the Bible are all forg\u00aderies<\/a> (Michael Greshko, Nation\u00adal Geo\u00adgraph\u00adic): \u201cLoll insist\u00aded on inde\u00adpen\u00addence. Not only would the Muse\u00adum of the Bible have no say on the team\u2019s find\u00adings, her report would be final\u2014and would have to be released to the pub\u00adlic. The Muse\u00adum of the Bible agreed to the terms. \u2018Hon\u00adest\u00adly, I\u2019ve nev\u00ader worked with a muse\u00adum that was so up-front,\u2019 Loll says.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>The Muse\u00adum of the Bible comes off look\u00ading pret\u00adty good in this arti\u00adcle. I feel bad for them.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scholars-stage.blogspot.com\/2020\/03\/porn-restriction-for-realists.html\">Porn Restric\u00adtion for Real\u00adists<\/a> (Tan\u00adner Greer, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201c\u2026a world where the tube-sites are gone and peo\u00adple must go back to pay\u00ading for their porn is a <strong>sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant improve\u00adment over the world we live in now. <\/strong>This world is pos\u00adsi\u00adble: it exist\u00aded two decades ago. Tech\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal change is part of what hap\u00adpened, but only part. Just as impor\u00adtant in the cre\u00adation of the new, porn-flushed world we live are legal pro\u00adtec\u00adtions giv\u00aden to web\u00adsites like Porn\u00adHub and X Ham\u00adster which allow them to dodge lia\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty for the theft their busi\u00adness mod\u00adel is based on. It also allows them to dodge lia\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty for much worse sins.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearreligion.org\/articles\/2020\/03\/19\/learning_from_history_how_congress_can_protect_both_rights_and_beliefs_486985.html\">Learn\u00ading From His\u00adto\u00adry: How Con\u00adgress Can Pro\u00adtect Both Rights and Beliefs<\/a> (Don Bonker, Real\u00adClear\u00adReli\u00adgion): \u201cBack in 1984, I received an unex\u00adpect\u00aded call from Sen\u00ada\u00adtor Mark Hat\u00adfield (R\u2011OR), a high\u00adly regard\u00aded Repub\u00adli\u00adcan who chaired the pow\u00ader\u00adful Sen\u00adate Appro\u00adpri\u00ada\u00adtions Com\u00admit\u00adtee. I won\u00addered, why would he call a young Demo\u00adc\u00adrat who had no sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant posi\u00adtion and lit\u00adtle influ\u00adence in the halls of Con\u00adgress?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/7MLp7cP\">Vet\u00aderi\u00adnar\u00adi\u00adans vs doc\u00adtors in Zom\u00adbie apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse<\/a> (Imgur)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c7Zr4CdiyaY\">Tay\u00adlor Tom\u00adlin\u00adson Hates Being In Her 20s<\/a> (Tay\u00adlor Tom\u00adlin\u00adson, YouTube): two and half min\u00adutes. Minor lan\u00adguage warn\u00ading. Like most good humor, root\u00aded in real insight. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fWicNLXxtj4\">The Wor\u00adship Song Song by Ran\u00addom Action Verb Wor\u00adship<\/a> (After School Pro\u00adgram, YouTube): three and a half min\u00adutes. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/nasa-mars-lander-hit-itself-shovel\">NASA Fix\u00ades Mars Lan\u00adder By Telling It to Hit Itself With a Shov\u00adel<\/a> (Futur\u00adism): this is real news.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zQn8hHhdXBQ\">Observe the Most High-Stakes Blind Dog Date Ever<\/a> (YouTube): nine min\u00adutes. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded enthu\u00adsi\u00adas\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly by a stu\u00addent.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/supchina.com\/2020\/02\/11\/all-the-hilariously-aggressive-coronavirus-banners-found-in-china\/\">Hilar\u00adi\u00adous\u00adly aggres\u00adsive Covid-19 pro\u00adpa\u00adgan\u00adda ban\u00adners in Chi\u00adna<\/a> (SUPChi\u00adna): my favorite \u2014 \u201cEvery\u00adone you encounter on the streets now is a wild ghost seek\u00ading to take your life\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J_a7yrROc5s\">\u00e2\u2122\u00ab Smash Mouth \u2014 All Star (Mel\u00adon Cov\u00ader)<\/a> (YouTube): two min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/literally\">Bib\u00adli\u00adcal Lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adists<\/a> (SMBC) \u2014 read your Bibles, every\u00adone<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/nations-churches-provide-fog-machines-for-families-worshiping-at-home\">Nation\u2019s Church\u00ades Pro\u00advide Fog Machines For Fam\u00adi\u00adlies Wor\u00adship\u00ading At Home<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-who-gets-coronavirus-relived-he-can-finally-touch-his-face-all-he-wants\">Man Who Gets Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Relieved He Can Final\u00adly Touch His Face All He Wants<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tQw0vZwn9C4\">Rod\u00adney Dan\u00adger\u00adfield Has Pres\u00adi\u00addent Rea\u00adgan Laugh\u00ading Up a Storm (1981)<\/a> (Rod\u00adney Dan\u00adger\u00adfield, YouTube): four min\u00adutes. Old-school com\u00ade\u00addy.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B7iNEyoNBzE\">Songs for Social Dis\u00adtanc\u00ading \u2014 Par\u00ado\u00addy Med\u00adley<\/a> (Hold\u00ader\u00adness Fam\u00adi\u00adly, YouTube): four min\u00adutes.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cw20GxJP3Z8\">Shin Lim FOOLS Den\u00adny from ET<\/a> (Shin Lim, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every week I\u2019ll high\u00adlight an old\u00ader link still worth your con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. This week we have <a href=\"http:\/\/the-toast.net\/2016\/05\/05\/everything-thats-wrong-of-raccoons\/\">Every\u00adthing That\u2019s Wrong Of Rac\u00adcoons<\/a> (Mal\u00adlo\u00adry Ort\u00adberg, The Toast): \u201cOnce when my dog died a pas\u00adsel of rac\u00adcoons showed up in the back\u00adyard as if to say \u2018Now that he\u2019s gone, we own the night,\u2019 and they didn\u2019t flinch when I yelled at them, and I found it dis\u00adre\u00adspect\u00adful to 1) me per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly and 2) the entire flow of the food chain. Don\u2019t dis\u00adre\u00adspect me if you can\u2019t eat me, you false-night-dogs.\u201d (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/04\/21\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-97\">vol\u00adume 97<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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). And to the extent you can dis\u00adcern my opin\u00adions, please under\u00adstand that they are my own and not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly those of Chi Alpha or any oth\u00ader orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion I may be per\u00adceived to rep\u00adre\u00adsent.\n\nAlso, 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.\n\nIf this was for\u00adward\u00aded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/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. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way. A lot of links this week. Can you tell I\u2019m on lock\u00addown in the Bay Area? Since some \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/03\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-242\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 242\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":"A whole passel of pandemic-related visualizations, theological perspectives,and thinkpieces. Plus non-pandemic stuff because the world keeps going. 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