{"id":6551,"date":"2021-04-16T19:06:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T03:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6551"},"modified":"2021-04-16T19:08:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T03:08:17","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-297","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/04\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-297","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 297"},"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\">This is vol\u00adume 297, which is known as a <a href=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/KaprekarNumber.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/KaprekarNumber.html\">Kaprekar Num\u00adber<\/a>. It\u2019s such a weird thing I can bare\u00adly believe it has a name. To sim\u00adpli\u00adfy a bit, if you square the num\u00adber and split the dig\u00adits in half and they add back up to the orig\u00adi\u00adnal num\u00adber, it\u2019s a Kaprekar num\u00adber. Since 297<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;= 88,209 and 297 = 88 + 209, that means 297 is one of these odd numer\u00adi\u00adcal enti\u00adties.<\/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>About police shoot\u00adings: I\u2019m real\u00adly sad and I also don\u2019t have any arti\u00adcles because I haven\u2019t read any\u00adthing inter\u00adest\u00ading about them in rela\u00adtion to the most recent episodes. If you find some\u00adthing \u2014 espe\u00adcial\u00adly some\u00adthing writ\u00adten from a thought\u00adful Chris\u00adt\u00adian per\u00adspec\u00adtive \u2014 please do let me know.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/10\/opinion\/sunday\/religion-meritocracy-god.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">Can the Mer\u00adi\u00adtoc\u00adra\u00adcy Find God?<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cTo be dropped into [a world like this] and not be per\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly open to reli\u00adgious pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties seems much more like prej\u00adu\u00addice than ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d<ul><li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jecs.substack.com\/p\/another-obstacle-to-elite-religion\">Anoth\u00ader Obsta\u00adcle to Elite Reli\u00adgion<\/a> (Audrey Poll\u00adnow, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cOne friend\u2014a very admirable per\u00adson who has devot\u00aded their life to learn\u00ading and ser\u00advice rather than to acquir\u00ading mon\u00adey or prestige\u2014told me that they could nev\u00ader become a Chris\u00adt\u00adian because the inabil\u00adi\u00adty to be \u2018good enough\u2019 in the achieve\u00adment depart\u00adment would make them depressed.\u201d<\/li><li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/createsend.com\/t\/r-6C1451630A966B6D2540EF23F30FEDED\">Why the Church Is Los\u00ading the Next Gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion<\/a> (Rus\u00adsell Moore, newslet\u00adter): \u201cIf peo\u00adple reject the church because they reject Jesus and the gospel, we should be sad\u00addened but not sur\u00adprised.&nbsp; But what hap\u00adpens when peo\u00adple reject the church because they think <em>we<\/em> reject Jesus and the gospel?\u201d<\/li><li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/04\/12\/985036148\/can-americas-civil-religion-still-unite-the-country\">Can Amer\u00adi\u00adca\u2019s \u2018Civ\u00adil Reli\u00adgion\u2019 Still Unite The Coun\u00adtry?<\/a> (Tom Gjel\u00adten, NPR): \u201cAmer\u00adi\u00adcans are expect\u00aded to hold their hands over their hearts when they recite the Pledge of Alle\u00adgiance or stand for the nation\u00adal anthem. Young peo\u00adple are taught to regard the coun\u00adtry\u2019s founders almost as saints. The \u2018self-evi\u00addent\u2019 truths list\u00aded in the Dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion of Inde\u00adpen\u00addence and the key pro\u00advi\u00adsions of the U.S. Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion and the Bill of Rights have acquired the sta\u00adtus of scrip\u00adture in the U.S. con\u00adscious\u00adness.\u201d The scare quotes around \u2018self-evi\u00addent\u2019 are weird.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.athwart.org\/on-loving-mortals-curtis-yarvin\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.athwart.org\/on-loving-mortals-curtis-yarvin\/\">On Lov\u00ading Mor\u00adtals<\/a> (Cur\u00adtis Yarvin, Athwart): \u201cHere\u2019s a catch-22, or a Meno\u2019s Para\u00addox of sorts: why should these young men live well with\u00adout a fam\u00adi\u00adly for whom to do it, and why should young women tol\u00ader\u00adate (much less <em><\/em><em>love<\/em>) men who don\u2019t live well? Lov\u00ading a mor\u00adtal saved me, and count\u00adless oth\u00ader men I know, from the Achil\u00adlean fate, but in most cas\u00ades it seems some\u00adthing like a mir\u00ada\u00adcle.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent, who called it enthralling.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/createsend.com\/t\/r-6C1451630A966B6D2540EF23F30FEDED\">Stan\u00adford activists \u2018Dis\u00adturbed the War\u2019 in the 1960s and 1970s<\/a> (Lenny Siegel, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cAfter watch\u00ading the play, \u2018Alice in ROTC-Land,\u2019 thou\u00adsands of demon\u00adstra\u00adtors poured out of Frost Amphithe\u00adater to con\u00adfront police. Inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, that per\u00adfor\u00admance launched the act\u00ading career of Sigour\u00adney Weaver, who played the title role.\u201d Inter\u00adest\u00ading and also very weird. The author seems to want Stan\u00adford to be a democ\u00adra\u00adcy as though it were a gov\u00adern\u00adment. Full of fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading anec\u00addotes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2021\/april-web-only\/splintering-of-evangelical-soul.html?visit_source=twitter\">The Splin\u00adter\u00ading of the Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Soul<\/a> (Tim\u00ado\u00adthy Dal\u00adrym\u00adple, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThis [col\u00adlapse of media integri\u00adty] presents an extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary chal\u00adlenge for Chris\u00adt\u00adian dis\u00adci\u00adple\u00adship. Media con\u00adsump\u00adtion has been climb\u00ading for years, and it soared amid the pan\u00addem\u00adic. Mem\u00adbers of our con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtions may spend a few hours a week in the Word of God (which should always be the Christian\u2019s most impor\u00adtant source of infor\u00adma\u00adtion and author\u00adi\u00adty) but 40 hours or more main\u00adlin\u00ading the ani\u00admosi\u00adties of the day.\u201d The author is a Stan\u00adford grad.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/theology-free-speech\/\">A The\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy of Free Speech<\/a> (Brad Lit\u00adtle\u00adjohn, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cThus, as Chris\u00adtians, we must clear\u00adly affirm that free\u00addom of speech can be a great good. But it is an <em>instru\u00admen\u00adtal <\/em>good, a means to the end of pro\u00adclaim\u00ading truth and encour\u00adag\u00ading right\u00adeous\u00adness. It is not an end in itself, as if the mere free\u00addom to open our mouths were sacro\u00adsanct. We have a moral right to speak truth in due sea\u00adson. We have no moral right to slan\u00adder, deceive, curse, or insult. In order to secure our moral right to speak truth, how\u00adev\u00ader, we gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly need to defend a legal right that includes a right to speak false\u00adhood.\u201d This is quite good.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/161912\/joe-biden-religion-barber-warnock-massimo-faggioli\">Whith\u00ader the Reli\u00adgious Left?<\/a> (Matthew Sit\u00adman, The New Repub\u00adlic): \u201cUnlike the bland con\u00adfor\u00admi\u00adty of civic reli\u00adgion, the prophet\u00adic calls of par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adis\u00adtic faiths rarely line up with the needs of polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adties. This cuts both ways: The reli\u00adgious left, in all its diver\u00adsi\u00adty, will nev\u00ader be a reli\u00adable ally of the Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic Par\u00adty, nor will the Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic Par\u00adty always be a com\u00adfort\u00adable home for the reli\u00adgious left.\u2026 That means the reli\u00adgious left faces sim\u00adi\u00adlar dilem\u00admas as the social\u00adist left: dis\u00adcern\u00ading how far and how fast to push, how to relate high ideals to the real\u00adi\u00adties of main\u00adstream par\u00adties.\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.youtube.com\/watch?v=XZps0fR5TE4\">Star Trek With Recent Col\u00adlege Grads<\/a> (Sat\u00adur\u00adday Night, YouTube): four min\u00adutes, rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a col\u00adleague<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Oj77Pz1r718\">How Peo\u00adple Think You Stop Big\u00adotry<\/a> (Ryan Long, YouTube): three min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/04\/14\">Inap\u00adpro\u00adpri\u00adate Ther\u00ada\u00adpist<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine): this is actu\u00adal\u00adly some\u00adtimes the cor\u00adrect response, though<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/agi\">AI Ethics<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fKVcfbIsJtA\">Fear Fac\u00adtor in 2021<\/a> (John Crist, YouTube): six and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uarBtleZ3Ck\">Bal\u00adloon Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): sev\u00aden and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jedszlUund8\">Book Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): ten min\u00adutes. Of extra inter\u00adest, the magi\u00adcian has a mas\u00adter\u2019s from MIT and works at Google.<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2016\/01\/06\/new-book-reveals-how-elite-phd-admissions-committees-review-candidates\">Inside Grad\u00adu\u00adate Admis\u00adsions<\/a> (Inside High\u00ader Ed, Scott Jaschick): if you plan to apply to grad school, read this. There is one reveal\u00ading anec\u00addote about how an admis\u00adsions com\u00admit\u00adtee treat\u00aded an appli\u00adca\u00adtion from a Chris\u00adt\u00adian col\u00adlege stu\u00addent. My take\u00adaway: the pro\u00adfes\u00adsors tried to be fair but found it hard to do, and their stat\u00aded con\u00adcerns were most\u00adly about the qual\u00adi\u00adty of the insti\u00adtu\u00adtion rather than the faith of the appli\u00adcant. Trou\u00adbling nonethe\u00adless. (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/01\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-32\">vol\u00adume 32<\/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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