{"id":6666,"date":"2021-07-16T21:11:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T05:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6666"},"modified":"2021-07-16T21:11:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T05:11:17","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-310","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/07\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-310","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 310"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><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 Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is volume 310 \u2014 which in base 6 is rendered as the much cooler volume 1234.<\/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:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/07\/16\/opinion\/ai-ethics-religion.html\">Can Silicon Valley Find God?<\/a> (Linda Kinstler, New York Times): \u201cOver the course of my reporting, I often thought back to the experience of Rob Barrett, who worked as a researcher at IBM in the \u201990s. One day, he was outlining the default privacy settings for an early web browser feature. His boss, he said, gave him only one instruction: \u2018Do the right thing.\u2019 It was up to Mr. Barrett to decide what the \u201cright thing\u201d was. That was when it dawned on him: \u2018I don\u2019t know enough theology to be a good engineer,\u2019 he told his boss. He requested a leave of absence so he could study the Old Testament, and eventually he left the industry.\u201d One of the interviewees, Sherol Chen, used to serve on our worship team. Interesting article!<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2021\/07\/06\/capitol-insurrection-trump-christian-nationalism-shaman\/\">A horn-wearing \u2018shaman.\u2019 A cowboy evangelist. For some, the Capitol attack was a kind of Christian revolt.<\/a> (Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post): \u201cFor many, their religious beliefs were not tied to any specific church or denomination \u2014 leaders of major denominations and megachurches, and even President Donald Trump\u2019s faith advisers, were absent that day. For such people, their faith is individualistic, largely free of structures, rules or the approval of clergy.\u2026 part of the mix, say experts on American religion, is the fact that the country is in a period when institutional religion is breaking apart, becoming more individualized and more disconnected from denominations, theological credentials and oversight.\u201d&nbsp;<ul><li>You may have heard me say it before: \u201cIf you think organized religion is bad, wait until you catch a glimpse of disorganized religion.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/crystalprisonzone.blogspot.com\/2021\/01\/i-tried-to-report-scientific-misconduct.html\">I tried to report scientific misconduct. How did it go?<\/a> (Joe Hilgard, personal blog): \u201cI was curious to see how the self-correcting mechanisms of science would respond to what seemed to me a rather obvious case of unreliable data and possible research misconduct. It turns out Brandolini\u2019s Law still holds: \u2018The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than to produce it.\u2019 However, I was not prepared to be resisted and hindered by the self-correcting institutions of science itself.\u201d Recommended by a student. The author is a psych prof at Illinois State.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freddiedeboer.substack.com\/p\/anti-racism-is-an-inter-white-struggle?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjk2MjIzNCwiaWF0IjoxNjI2MTc5NDM1LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjk1OTM3Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.rVmwOUlCg5CrShMJZAg0SW-ZXDU_bA0KjdAZap2k8cE\">Anti-Racism is an Inter-White Struggle<\/a> (Freddie deBoer, SubStack): \u201cAnti-racism has become a kind of high-stakes poker game for educated white people: you risk losing your shirt at any time, but those who have the savvy and the guts to bluff their way to the top reap social and professional rewards.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/book-review-crazy-like-us?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozODYyMjI2MiwiXyI6InJMMkROIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI2MzIzNjg1LCJleHAiOjE2MjYzMjcyODUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04OTEyMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.xDdch5_aasDlnL8QgkbOmwhIbIRBhJehiiR8CHZ3WTM\">Book Review: Crazy Like Us<\/a> (Scott Alexander, Astral Codex Ten): \u201c\u2026does naming and pointing to a mental health problem make it worse? This was clearest in Hong Kong, where a seemingly very low base rate of anorexia exploded as soon as people started launching mental health awareness campaigns saying that it was a common and important disease (as had apparently happened before in Victorian Europe and 70s\/80s America). But it also showed up in the section on how increasing awareness of PTSD seems to be associated with more PTSD, and how debriefing trauma victims about how they might get PTSD makes them more likely to get&nbsp;it.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/14\/magazine\/black-rifle-coffee-company.html\">Can the Black Rifle Coffee Company Become the Starbucks of the Right?<\/a> (Jason Zengerle, New York Times): \u201cSometimes it seems as if Hafer and his partners invent jobs at Black Rifle for veterans to do. A former Green Beret medic helps Black Rifle with events and outreach and was recently made the director of its newly formed charity organization. Four years ago, Black Rifle received a Facebook message from an Afghan Army veteran with whom Hafer once served; he wrote that he was now working at a gas station and living with his family in public housing in Charlottesville. \u2018We honestly assumed he was dead,\u2019 Hafer says. Black Rifle found a home for the man and his family in Utah, and he now does building and grounds maintenance at the company\u2019s Salt Lake City offices. At those offices, I met a quiet, haunted-seeming man who had been a C.I.A.-contractor colleague of Hafer\u2019s and who, for a time, lived in a trailer he parked on the office grounds. Later, I asked Hafer what, exactly, the man did for Black Rifle. \u2018He just gets better,\u2019 Hafer replied. \u2018He gets better.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<ul><li>This was WAY more interesting than I expected.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2021\/07\/the-history-of-canadas-residential-schools\">The History of Canada\u2019s Residential Schools<\/a> (Douglas Farrow, First Things): \u201cHow could this be? Who is responsible? Are the religious organizations who operated the residential schools the real culprits, as many suppose? A careful examination shows that supposition to be flawed. The tragedy, and the crimes it involved\u2014crimes some are falsely characterizing as genocide\u2014began with government-mandated violation of parental rights, an error gaining currency again today.\u201d The author is a professor of theology and ethics at McGill University in Montreal.<\/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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/you-just-dont-understand-socialism-like-i-do-says-college-freshman-to-man-escaping-socialism-on-raft\/\">\u2018You Just Don\u2019t Understand Socialism Like I Do,\u2019 Says College Freshman To Man Who Escaped Socialism On A Raft<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Lr9Y5CW5DM\">Humans Will Believe Anything They Hear<\/a> (Bengt Washburn, YouTube): six minutes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/legislative-executive-and-judicial-branches-welcome-big-tech-as-4th-branch-of-government\/\">Legislative, Executive, And Judicial Branches Welcome Big Tech As 4th Branch Of Government<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SoPHKxscdj8\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SoPHKxscdj8\">Kevin Micoud Performs Mind-Bending Mentalism<\/a> (America\u2019s Got Talent, YouTube): seven and half minutes.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GnxcEDup-gw\">The Only Black Man In Montana<\/a> (Ty Barnett, YouTube): four minutes.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5v3pFWac7U8\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5v3pFWac7U8\">Teenagers Are Not Humans<\/a> (Dustin Nickerson, YouTube): three minutes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have <a href=\"https:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2017\/03\/16\/book-review-seeing-like-a-state\/\">Book Review: Seeing Like A State<\/a> (Scott Alexander, Slate Star Codex): \u201cPeasants didn\u2019t like permanent surnames. Their own system was quite reasonable for them: John the baker was John Baker, John the blacksmith was John Smith, John who lived under the hill was John Underhill, John who was really short was John Short. The same person might be John Smith and John Underhill in different contexts, where his status as a blacksmith or place of origin was more important. But the government insisted on giving everyone a single permanent name, unique for the village, and tracking who was in the same family as whom. Resistance was intense.\u201d This is long and amazing. (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/04\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-95\">volume 95<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.\n\nAlso, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about it.\n\nIf this was forwarded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. 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