{"id":6738,"date":"2021-10-22T12:53:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T20:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6738"},"modified":"2021-10-22T12:53:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T20:53:04","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-323","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/10\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-323","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 323"},"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\">323 is 17 \u00b7 19, which are two of my favorite num\u00adbers. I par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly delight in using them on the microwave.<\/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:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/evangelical-elites-fighting-each\">Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Elites, Fight\u00ading Each Oth\u00ader<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201c\u2026the old\u00ader cul\u00adture war cat\u00ade\u00adgories are being sup\u00adple\u00adment\u00aded and some\u00adtimes sup\u00adplant\u00aded by a new con\u00adfronta\u00adtion between lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism and illib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism. While illib\u00ader\u00adal right and illib\u00ader\u00adal left snarl at any\u00adone not in their tribes, the lib\u00ader\u00adal right and the lib\u00ader\u00adal left are form\u00ading new rela\u00adtion\u00adships and new alliances.\u201d An excel\u00adlent piece, and the first com\u00adment is also worth read\u00ading (it\u2019s by French him\u00adself about some\u00adthing he&nbsp; meant to include in the arti\u00adcle).<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/2021\/10\/18\/jill-biden-lost-faith\/\">Jill Biden paid a sur\u00adprise vis\u00adit to the woman who helped her regain faith in God<\/a> (Jada Yuan, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cFor five years after the death of her son, Jill Biden says, she lost her faith in God. She \u2018felt betrayed, bro\u00adken\u2019 when Beau died of brain can\u00adcer at 46, and she had stopped going to church or even pray\u00ading, she told the con\u00adgre\u00adgants of Brook\u00adland Bap\u00adtist Church late Sun\u00adday after\u00adnoon. But she found her way back, and over the week\u00adend trav\u00adeled near\u00adly 500 miles to sur\u00adprise the woman who\u2019d helped her get there.\u201d I was deeply moved by this sto\u00adry.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2021\/10\/yale-law-diversity-bureaucrats-made-five-mistakes\/620428\/?utm_source=feed\">A Wor\u00adri\u00adsome Peek Inside Yale Law\u2019s Diver\u00adsi\u00adty Bureau\u00adcra\u00adcy<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00adforf, The Atlantic): \u201c[Odd\u00adly,] the diver\u00adsi\u00adty admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors spent many hours on this low-stakes dra\u00adma among high-IQ adults, afford\u00ading out\u00adsiders an unusu\u00adal peek at their meth\u00adods and a relat\u00aded series of cru\u00adcial mis\u00adtakes, most stem\u00adming from an inabil\u00adi\u00adty or unwill\u00ading\u00adness to see how the inter\u00adests of stu\u00addents diverge from the inter\u00adests and incen\u00adtives of their office.\u201d<\/li><li>Two arti\u00adcles dis\u00adcussing the research sug\u00adgest\u00ading con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives are hap\u00adpi\u00ader than lib\u00ader\u00adals:<ul><li>From the left: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/20\/opinion\/conservatives-liberals-happiness.html\">Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives Are Hap\u00adpi\u00ader Than Lib\u00ader\u00adals. Dis\u00adcuss<\/a>. (Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times): \u201cUlti\u00admate\u00adly, though, this line of inquiry rais\u00ades an even broad\u00ader ques\u00adtion: whether lib\u00ader\u00adals and con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives func\u00adtion on fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent moral planes.\u201d<\/li><li>From the right: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/friends-ex-friends-jordan-peterson\/\">Friends and Ex-Friends<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cI admit to being skep\u00adti\u00adcal of any attempt to quan\u00adti\u00adfy hap\u00adpi\u00adness, which is a sub\u00adjec\u00adtive judg\u00adment. Nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless, if it is true that con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives are hap\u00adpi\u00ader on bal\u00adance than lib\u00ader\u00adals, I think it has to do with two basic things. First, con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives tend to accept that the world will nev\u00ader be per\u00adfect, and find it eas\u00adi\u00ader to live with imper\u00adfec\u00adtions.\u2026 Sec\u00adond, con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives tend to care less about polit\u00adi\u00adcal cru\u00adsad\u00ading.\u2026 I don\u2019t know any ordi\u00adnary con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives who would cut off a friend over their lib\u00ader\u00adal pol\u00adi\u00adtics.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/americanmind.org\/features\/the-fight-against-erasing-women\/the-naked-truth-porn-is-bad-for-you\/\">The Naked Truth: Porn is Bad For You<\/a> (Kather\u00adine Dee, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Mind): \u201cCom\u00admon sense is vital\u00adly use\u00adful, espe\u00adcial\u00adly in per\u00adson\u00adal deci\u00adsion-mak\u00ading. So, here\u2019s what I know. I know that immer\u00adsion in, or even just reg\u00adu\u00adlar usage of,<em>&nbsp;any\u00adthing<\/em>&nbsp;has an impact on a person\u2019s psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalaffairs.com\/publications\/detail\/the-evolution-of-divorce\">The Evo\u00adlu\u00adtion of Divorce<\/a> (W. Brad\u00adford Wilcox, Nation\u00adal Affairs): \u201cIn the case of divorce, as in so many oth\u00aders, the worst con\u00adse\u00adquences of the social rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion of the 1960s and \u201970s are now felt dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate\u00adly by the poor and less edu\u00adcat\u00aded, while the wealthy elites who set off these trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtions in the first place have man\u00adaged to reclaim some\u00adwhat health\u00adi\u00ader and more sta\u00adble habits of mar\u00adried life. This imbal\u00adance leaves our cul\u00adtur\u00adal and polit\u00adi\u00adcal elites less well attuned to the mag\u00adni\u00adtude of social dys\u00adfunc\u00adtion in much of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan soci\u00adety, and leaves the most vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble Amer\u00adi\u00adcans \u2014 espe\u00adcial\u00adly chil\u00addren liv\u00ading in poor and work\u00ading-class com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties \u2014 even worse off than they would oth\u00ader\u00adwise be.\u201d The author is a soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at UVA.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freopp.org\/is-college-worth-it-a-comprehensive-return-on-investment-analysis-1b2ad17f84c8\">Is Col\u00adlege Worth It? A Com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive Return on Invest\u00adment Analy\u00adsis<\/a> (Pre\u00adston Coop\u00ader, FreeOpp): \u201cThe analy\u00adsis reveals that a student\u2019s choice of pro\u00adgram is per\u00adhaps the most impor\u00adtant finan\u00adcial deci\u00adsion he or she will ever make. Most bachelor\u2019s degree pro\u00adgrams in engi\u00adneer\u00ading, com\u00adput\u00ader sci\u00adence, eco\u00adnom\u00adics, and nurs\u00ading increase life\u00adtime earn\u00adings by $500,000 or more, even after sub\u00adtract\u00ading the costs of col\u00adlege. But most pro\u00adgrams in fields such as art, music, phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy, reli\u00adgion, and psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy leave stu\u00addents finan\u00adcial\u00adly worse off than if they had nev\u00ader gone to col\u00adlege at all.\u201d Search the table at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freopp.org\/we-calculated-return-on-investment-for-30-000-bachelors-degrees-find-yours-1f2f3c5e6dac\">We Cal\u00adcu\u00adlat\u00aded Return On Invest\u00adment For 30,000 Bachelor\u2019s Degrees. Find Yours.<\/a> (Pre\u00adston Coop\u00ader, FreeOpp)<\/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.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/10\/16\">The Algo\u00adrithm<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e9WYxKI7Io8\">A Mag\u00adic Trick With 500 Books<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/worship-leader-ascends-into-glory-after-learning-fifth-chord\/\">Wor\u00adship Leader Ascends Into Glo\u00adry After Learn\u00ading Fifth Chord<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/10\/18\">Help\u00ading A Friend<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eFsI_7x4Rmc\">Why I got the vac\u00adcine<\/a> (Dustin Nick\u00ader\u00adson, YouTube): six min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H80zMays_H0\">16-year-old Aman\u00adda Nepo<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): eight min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tx8olZ8TveA\">What Will The Apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse Smell Like?<\/a> (QI, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w0PHJdPjkWU\">Jamie Raven<\/a> (Britain\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): six min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NuRPIJDlYtM\">Shoot Ogawa<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): eight 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=\"https:\/\/freddiedeboer.substack.com\/p\/planet-of-cops\">Plan\u00adet of Cops<\/a> (Fred\u00addie de Boer, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cThe woke world is a world of snitch\u00ades, infor\u00admants, rats. Go to any space con\u00adcerned with social jus\u00adtice and what will you find? End\u00adless sur\u00adveil\u00adlance. Every\u00adbody is to be judged. Every\u00adone is under sus\u00adpi\u00adcion. Every\u00adthing you say is to be scoured, picked over, ana\u00adlyzed for any pos\u00adsi\u00adble offense. Everyone\u2019s a detec\u00adtive in the Divi\u00adsion of Prob\u00adlem\u00adat\u00adics, and they walk the beat 24\/7\u2026. I don\u2019t know how peo\u00adple can simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly talk about prison abo\u00adli\u00adtion and restor\u00ading the idea of for\u00adgive\u00adness to lit\u00ader\u00adal crim\u00adi\u00adnal jus\u00adtice and at the same time turn the entire social world into a kan\u00adga\u00adroo court sys\u00adtem.\u201d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/07\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-161\">vol\u00adume 161<\/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>Arti\u00adcles about every\u00adthing from Jill Biden\u2019s faith to Yale Law School\u2019s fail\u00adings to an analy\u00adsis of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan divorce to a com\u00admon-sense argu\u00adment against pornog\u00adra\u00adphy. Enjoy!<\/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":"Articles about everything from Jill Biden's faith to Yale Law School's failings to an analysis of American divorce to a common-sense argument against pornography. 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