{"id":6698,"date":"2021-08-27T15:17:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T23:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6698"},"modified":"2021-08-27T15:17:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T23:17:04","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-315","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/08\/27\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-315","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 315"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/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

Today\u2019s num\u00adber is 315, which is north\u00adwest when mea\u00adsured on a com\u00adpass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. Only\u00adFans and the Sex\u00adu\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion<\/a> (Samuel D. James, First Things): \u201cIf you look care\u00adful\u00adly, you can see how sobri\u00adquets such as \u2018sex work\u00ader\u2019 give away the game. The con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary lib\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded social order is an order of work\u00aders<\/em>: naked bod\u00adies labor\u00ading round the clock, sac\u00adri\u00adfic\u00ading dig\u00adni\u00adty and rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion for the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to nib\u00adble the crumbs that fall from Big Tech\u2019s table. Our civilization\u2019s efforts to com\u00admod\u00adi\u00adfy sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty can\u00adnot deliv\u00ader what they promise. It is impos\u00adsi\u00adble to make sex a prod\u00aduct or sub\u00adscrip\u00adtion; the clos\u00adest thing is human traf\u00adfick\u00ading, which, as it turns out, is a fea\u00adture and not a bug of the adult con\u00adtent indus\u00adtry.\u201d Straight fire.<\/li>
  2. <\/a>The World Is Cat\u00ade\u00adchiz\u00ading Us Whether We Real\u00adize It or Not<\/a> (Kevin DeY\u00adoung, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cIt is worth remem\u00adber\u00ading David Well\u2019s famous def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion: world\u00adli\u00adness is what\u00adev\u00ader makes right\u00adeous\u00adness look strange and sin look nor\u00admal. Here\u2019s the real\u00adi\u00adty fac\u00ading every Chris\u00adt\u00adian in the West: the mon\u00adey, pow\u00ader, and pres\u00adtige of the main\u00adstream media, big time sports, big busi\u00adness, big tech, and almost all the insti\u00adtu\u00adtions of edu\u00adca\u00adtion and enter\u00adtain\u00adment are invest\u00aded in mak\u00ading sin look nor\u00admal.\u201d<\/li>
  3. Nike\u2019s End of Men<\/a> (Ethan Strauss, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cFor all the talk of a racial reck\u00adon\u00ading with\u00adin major indus\u00adtries, Nike\u2019s main prob\u00adlem is this: It\u2019s a com\u00adpa\u00adny built on mas\u00adculin\u00adi\u00adty, most specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly Michael Jordan\u2019s alpha dog brand of it. Now, due to its own ambi\u00adtions, scan\u00addals, and intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal trends, Nike finds mas\u00adculin\u00adi\u00adty prob\u00adlem\u00adat\u00adic enough to loud\u00adly reject.\u201d This is WAY more inter\u00adest\u00ading than I antic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded.<\/li>
  4. Tet\u00adlock and the Tal\u00adiban<\/a> (Richard Hana\u00adnia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI have a PhD in polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence with a focus on inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal rela\u00adtions. Most peo\u00adple in my posi\u00adtion would tell you that you should give my opin\u00adions on my top\u00adic of exper\u00adtise more weight because of my cre\u00adden\u00adtials. I believe if any\u00adthing, you should hold my degree against me, as get\u00adting a PhD is prob\u00ada\u00adbly the most inef\u00adfi\u00adcient way to under\u00adstand a top\u00adic, and a per\u00adson seek\u00ading that cre\u00adden\u00adtial has shown that they don\u2019t under\u00adstand that. I think I\u2019ve been right on Afghanistan and oth\u00ader Amer\u00adi\u00adcan inter\u00adven\u00adtions because of good intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal habits, includ\u00ading a gen\u00aduine con\u00adcern with what is true. But that has lit\u00adtle to do with any train\u00ading I got from polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence.\u201d This piece is quite good. I feel like I should add a dis\u00adclaimer like, \u201cWarn\u00ading: aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic heresy ahead.\u201d<\/li>
  5. \u2018When My Satire Becomes Pop\u00adu\u00adlar, I Must Ask, What Is the Prob\u00adlem?\u2019<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201c[Pop\u00adu\u00adlar satirists] can\u2019t say, \u2018I\u2019m call\u00ading out pow\u00ader.\u2019 No, you are pow\u00ader. Satirists must inter\u00adro\u00adgate their own posi\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty. I try to say, \u2018How am I impli\u00adcat\u00aded in this thing per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly?\u2019 Because satire nev\u00ader used to be pop\u00adu\u00adlar.\u2026 So when my satire becomes pop\u00adu\u00adlar, I must ask, What is the prob\u00adlem? Why are there so many peo\u00adple that are com\u00adfort\u00adable with my work?<\/em>\u201d A very per\u00adcep\u00adtive inter\u00adview with Elnathan John. Empha\u00adsis in orig\u00adi\u00adnal.<\/li>
  6. Hos\u00adpi\u00adtals and Insur\u00aders Didn\u2019t Want You to See These Prices. Here\u2019s Why<\/a>. (Sarah Kliff & Josh Katz, New York Times): \u201cThis year, the fed\u00ader\u00adal gov\u00adern\u00adment ordered hos\u00adpi\u00adtals to begin pub\u00adlish\u00ading a prized secret: a com\u00adplete list of the prices they nego\u00adti\u00adate with pri\u00advate insur\u00aders.\u2026 data from the hos\u00adpi\u00adtals that have com\u00adplied hints at why the pow\u00ader\u00adful indus\u00adtries want\u00aded this infor\u00adma\u00adtion to remain hid\u00adden.\u201d This is reveal\u00ading and irri\u00adtat\u00ading.<\/li>
  7. About Afghanistan: