{"id":6481,"date":"2021-01-22T15:12:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T23:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2021-01-22T15:12:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T23:12:44","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-285","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/01\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-285","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 285"},"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\">Fun fact: 285 is the sum of con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive squares (1+4+9+16\u2026+81).<\/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><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2021\/01\/we-will-get-to-herd-immunity-in-2021-one-way-or-another.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+marginalrevolution%2Ffeed+%28Marginal+Revolution%29\">We Will Get to Herd Immu\u00adni\u00adty in 2021\u2026One Way or Anoth\u00ader<\/a> (Alex Tabar\u00adrok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cBy July it will all be over. The only ques\u00adtion is how many peo\u00adple have to die between now and then? Youyang Gu, whose pro\u00adjec\u00adtions have been among the most accu\u00adrate, projects that the Unit\u00aded States will have reached herd immu\u00adni\u00adty by July, with about half of the immu\u00adni\u00adty com\u00ading from vac\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtions and half from infec\u00adtions. Long before we reach herd immu\u00adni\u00adty, how\u00adev\u00ader, the infec\u00adtion and death rates will fall. Gu is pro\u00adject\u00ading that by March infec\u00adtions will be half what they are now and by May about one-tenth the cur\u00adrent rate. The drop will catch peo\u00adple by sur\u00adprise just like the increase. We are not good at expo\u00adnen\u00adtials.\u201d I hope this is right!<ul><li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/polimath.substack.com\/p\/united-kingdom-vs-united-states-vaccine?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMTY5MTY5NCwiXyI6Im9HZ08zIiwiaWF0IjoxNjExMTU0NTUxLCJleHAiOjE2MTExNTgxNTEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi00NTgwMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.6q4MrkGRlPWedoClkk7zvHRTTcvV0c-jJo_gtVc9f7s\">Unit\u00aded King\u00addom vs Unit\u00aded States Vac\u00adcine Fight<\/a> (Poli\u00admath, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe Unit\u00aded States has vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded more indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals by far than any oth\u00ader coun\u00adtry in the world. One in four of all COVID vac\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtions in the world have tak\u00aden place in the Unit\u00aded States. The three coun\u00adtries that are doing the best per-capi\u00adta (Israel, the Unit\u00aded Arab Emi\u00adrates, and Bahrain) are all incred\u00adi\u00adbly small and dense.\u201d This is short and encour\u00adag\u00ading.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2021\/january-web-only\/trump-prophets-apologize-election-prophecies-humility.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctmag+%28CT+Magazine%29\">Failed Trump Prophe\u00adcies Offer a Les\u00adson in Humil\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Craig Keen\u00ader, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today):&nbsp; \u201cThe failed prophe\u00adcies of Don\u00adald Trump\u2019s reelec\u00adtion may have dam\u00adaged the cred\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of the US inde\u00adpen\u00addent Charis\u00admat\u00adic wing of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism more than any event since the tel\u00ade\u00advan\u00adge\u00adlist scan\u00addals of the 1980s. They have led some out\u00adsiders to crit\u00adi\u00adcize Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty itself and right\u00adly call us to introspection.\u201cKeener is one of my favorite NT schol\u00adars.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/two-worlds\/?ref=upstract.com&amp;curator=upstract.com&amp;utm_source=upstract.com&amp;utm_medium=web\">Two Worlds: So Much Pros\u00adper\u00adi\u00adty, So Much Skep\u00adti\u00adcism<\/a> (Mor\u00adgan Housel, Col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive Fund): \u201cI want to tell you two of the biggest eco\u00adnom\u00adic sto\u00adries that aren\u2019t get\u00adting enough atten\u00adtion. One is that house\u00adhold finances might be in the best shape they\u2019ve ever been in.&nbsp;<em>Ever<\/em>. That might sound crazy, and it\u2019s easy to over\u00adlook because of the sec\u00adond sto\u00adry: Covid has dumped kerosene on wealth inequal\u00adi\u00adty in ways we\u2019ve yet to ful\u00adly grasp.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/indepth\/2021\/1\/18\/21564215\/why-hard-religion-is-important-american-faith-yuval-levin-gallup-declining-trust-in-institutions\">The Case For Wood\u00aden Pews<\/a> (Yuval Levin, Deseret Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cIt is not exact\u00adly a cri\u00adsis of belief in the teach\u00adings of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal reli\u00adgion [that under\u00admines faith], but rather a cri\u00adsis of con\u00adfi\u00addence in the insti\u00adtu\u00adtions that claim to embody them. In oth\u00ader words, Amer\u00adi\u00adcans aren\u2019t los\u00ading their faith in God. Eighty-sev\u00aden per\u00adcent of the pub\u00adlic expressed belief in God last year in Gallup\u2019s fig\u00adures, which is rough\u00adly the lev\u00adel poll\u00adsters have found for many decades. What Amer\u00adi\u00adcans do have trou\u00adble believ\u00ading, how\u00adev\u00ader, is that our insti\u00adtu\u00adtions \u2014 our church\u00ades, sem\u00adi\u00adnar\u00adies, reli\u00adgious schools and char\u00adi\u00adties \u2014 remain capa\u00adble of form\u00ading trust\u00adwor\u00adthy peo\u00adple who actu\u00adal\u00adly exhib\u00adit the integri\u00adty they preach.\u201d Sol\u00adid, although the title is mis\u00adlead\u00ading. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2021\/january-web-only\/only-biblical-peacemaking-resolves-racial-and-political-inj.html\">Only Bib\u00adli\u00adcal Peace\u00admak\u00ading Resolves Racial and Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Injus\u00adtice<\/a> (Justin Giboney, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cIn 2020, the pan\u00addem\u00adic forced Amer\u00adi\u00adcans to dis\u00adtance our\u00adselves phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly. Our pol\u00adi\u00adtics, iden\u00adti\u00adties, and world\u00adviews forced us fur\u00adther apart too. We watch the same occur\u00adrences and walk away not only with dif\u00adfer\u00adent opin\u00adions, but with a dif\u00adfer\u00adent set of facts. And yet, through social media, we\u2019ve bridged our divides just enough to antag\u00ado\u00adnize one anoth\u00ader.\u201d High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. The author is pres\u00adi\u00addent of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.andcampaign.org\/\">AND Cam\u00adpaign<\/a>.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/influencemagazine.com\/en\/Practice\/What-Christian-Citizens-Owe-Government-Leaders\">What Chris\u00adt\u00adian Cit\u00adi\u00adzens Owe Gov\u00adern\u00adment Lead\u00aders<\/a> (George P. Wood, Influ\u00adence Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cIn this new year, with a new pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion, let us renew our com\u00admit\u00adment to pray\u00ading for our gov\u00adern\u00adment offi\u00adcials, to shar\u00ading the gospel with them, to obey\u00ading the law and respect\u00ading the law\u00adgivers, and to hold\u00ading them account\u00adable while giv\u00ading them our good exam\u00adple! These are the basic duties of Chris\u00adt\u00adian cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship.\u201d This is an excel\u00adlent sum\u00adma\u00adry. Dis\u00adclaimer: the author is an acquain\u00adtance of mine.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.natureindex.com\/news-blog\/why-hype-sensationalism-on-the-rise-scientific-research-papers?ref=upstract.com&amp;curator=upstract.com&amp;utm_source=upstract.com&amp;utm_medium=web\">Rise of the zom\u00adbie ants: why hype is creep\u00ading into sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic papers.<\/a> (Gem\u00adma Con\u00adroy, Nature Index): \u201cThe review found that near\u00adly half of these stud\u00adies uncov\u00adered incon\u00adsis\u00adten\u00adcies between abstracts and their full text, with 19% cit\u00ading major dis\u00adcrep\u00adan\u00adcies. Two stud\u00adies cit\u00aded exam\u00adples where non-sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant results were framed in over\u00adly opti\u00admistic terms in the abstracts.\u201d<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newser.com\/story\/301521\/theres-only-one-option-kill-pablo-escobars-hippos.html\">There\u2019s Only One Option: Kill Pablo Esco\u00adbar\u2019s Hip\u00adpos<\/a> (Arden Dier, News\u00ader): \u201cSome see cas\u00adtra\u00adtion as an alter\u00adna\u00adtive. But&nbsp;cas\u00adtra\u00adtion is chal\u00adleng\u00ading, not least because male hip\u00adpos have retractable testes. Indeed, one cam\u00adpaign to cas\u00adtrate hip\u00adpos found it could only suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly do so to one hip\u00adpo per year.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/01\/21\">Errors<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/skynet-is-a-private-company-they-can-do-what-they-want-says-man-getting-curb-stomped-by-terminator\/\">\u2018Skynet Is A Pri\u00advate Com\u00adpa\u00adny, They Can Do What They Want,\u2019 Says Man Get\u00adting Curb-Stomped By Ter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtor<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=arY-KUhvneQ\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=arY-KUhvneQ\">Nurs\u00adery Rhymes Are Absolute\u00adly Ridicu\u00adlous.<\/a> (Mike Good\u00adwin, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1kjMM33uVaw\">Couch Escape<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): sev\u00aden and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0N1F0YXNiA4\">Go For The Jug\u00adgler<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine and a half 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:\/\/scholars-stage.blogspot.com\/2019\/07\/a-study-guide-for-human-society-part-i.html\">A Study Guide For Human Soci\u00adety, Part 1<\/a> (Tan\u00adner Greer, The Scholar\u2019s Stage): \u201c\u2026there are two meth\u00adods [for find\u00ading good his\u00adto\u00adry books I find use\u00adful]. The first is to Google syl\u00adlabi. If you are inter\u00adest\u00aded in the his\u00adto\u00adry of the Roman Repub\u00adlic, Google \u2018Roman Repub\u00adlic syl\u00adlabus\u2019 and see what pops up. Read a few cours\u00ades and see what books are includ\u00aded. Alter\u00adna\u00adtive\u00adly, if you just read a book you thought was par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly good, put its title into Google and then the word \u2018syl\u00adlabus\u2019 after\u00adwards and see what oth\u00ader read\u00adings col\u00adlege pro\u00adfes\u00adsors have paired with that book in their cours\u00ades.\u201d&nbsp; First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/09\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-217\">vol\u00adume 217<\/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>. 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