{"id":6754,"date":"2021-11-12T14:29:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T22:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6754"},"modified":"2021-11-12T14:29:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T22:29:21","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/11\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-326","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 326"},"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 326, which makes me a lit\u00adtle hap\u00adpy because last week I observed that 3 +2 = 5 and this week we can see a sim\u00adi\u00adlar coin\u00adci\u00addence with mul\u00adti\u00adpli\u00adca\u00adtion:  3 \u00e2\u2039\u2026 2 = 6. <\/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:\/\/religionnews.com\/2021\/11\/03\/truth-justice-and-the-torturing-of-tolerance\/\">U.S. mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies have long tried to con\u00advert the \u2018unreached\u2019 in the Ama\u00adzon. Now Indige\u00adnous groups are fight\u00ading back<\/a>. (Ter\u00adrence McCoy, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cBut the bib\u00adli\u00adcal com\u00admis\u00adsion that fol\u00adlow\u00aders of Jesus \u2018make dis\u00adci\u00adples of all nations\u2019 is increas\u00ading\u00adly col\u00adlid\u00ading with the laws of man in Brazil, where the right to vol\u00adun\u00adtary iso\u00adla\u00adtion is enshrined in the con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion and where it\u2019s ille\u00adgal to con\u00adtact iso\u00adlat\u00aded Indige\u00adnous groups with\u00adout gov\u00adern\u00adment per\u00admis\u00adsion.\u201d<ul><li>The details in the sto\u00adry show that things are more com\u00adplex than the head\u00adline leads you to believe. The indige\u00adnous peo\u00adple are divid\u00aded \u2014 some want the mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies and some do not. The ones who do not are rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded by a lawyer and he is the focus of this sto\u00adry. Sure\u00adly the rights of those who wish to hear new ideas should also be respect\u00aded? The peo\u00adple who applaud this devel\u00adop\u00adment are almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly glad that they don\u2019t believe what their ances\u00adtors believed, but they appar\u00adent\u00adly hope these peo\u00adple are not exposed to mul\u00adti\u00adple reli\u00adgious per\u00adspec\u00adtives.<\/li><li>There is prob\u00ada\u00adbly close to a 100% inverse cor\u00adre\u00adla\u00adtion between those who believe the indige\u00adnous peo\u00adple should be able to keep out\u00adsiders away and those who believe Amer\u00adi\u00adca should build a wall. It\u2019s an inter\u00adest\u00ading ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adsis\u00adten\u00adcy test. And this would be more than a wall with con\u00adtrolled access \u2014 this would be a force field.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/06\/opinion\/lyme-disease-medicine.html\">How I Became Extreme\u00adly Open-Mind\u00aded<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cWhen I set out to write about the entire chron\u00adic-ill\u00adness expe\u00adri\u00adence, I hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded over whether to tell this kind of sto\u00adry. After all, if you\u2019re try\u00ading to con\u00advince skep\u00adti\u00adcal read\u00aders to take chron\u00adic sick\u00adness seri\u00adous\u00adly, and to make the case for the med\u00adical-out\u00adsider view of how to treat Lyme dis\u00adease, report\u00ading that you\u2019ve been dab\u00adbling in pseu\u00addo\u00adscience and that <em>it works<\/em> is a good way to con\u00adfirm every stereo\u00adtype about chron\u00adic ail\u00adments and their treat\u00adment\u2026\u201d Engross\u00ading.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2021\/11\/03\/truth-justice-and-the-torturing-of-tolerance\/\">Truth, jus\u00adtice and the tor\u00adtur\u00ading of tol\u00ader\u00adance<\/a> (Karen Swal\u00adlow Pri\u00ador, Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice): \u201cToo many in the church have tol\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded too much for too long. To be sure, sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions can be com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded. Motives and actions can be mixed. Facts can be dis\u00adput\u00aded. Per\u00adspec\u00adtives can dif\u00adfer. Pic\u00adtures can be incom\u00adplete. Nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless, some things are clear\u00adly and sim\u00adply wrong. It takes wis\u00addom to dis\u00adcern what should be tol\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded and what should not.\u201d The sto\u00adry starts in one place and winds up some\u00adwhere com\u00adplete\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li><li>Some pan\u00addem\u00adic and pan\u00addem\u00adic-adja\u00adcent news:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/polimath.substack.com\/p\/the-vrbpac-meeting?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MzIzNTAwNCwiXyI6InJ1MW1vIiwiaWF0IjoxNjM2NDg4NzI3LCJleHAiOjE2MzY0OTIzMjcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi00NTgwMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.JHbb5whxwgagvuySyciZh47THbcRUeT_N1_mf4xjSzo\">Vac\u00adcines for Chil\u00addren (5\u201311 years old)<\/a> (Matt Shapiro, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThere seemed to be a resilient faith among the doc\u00adtors in this dis\u00adcus\u00adsion that the only appro\u00adpri\u00adate way to move for\u00adward would be to make the vac\u00adcine avail\u00adable and then trust par\u00adents and care\u00adgivers to take into con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion all the risks and make the right deci\u00adsions giv\u00aden the evi\u00addence that is avail\u00adable. Hear\u00ading them say this is so strange to me because that is exact\u00adly my posi\u00adtion.\u201d This is good, sane com\u00admen\u00adtary.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2021\/11\/10\/1054224204\/how-sars-cov-2-in-american-deer-could-alter-the-course-of-the-global-pandemic\">How SARS-CoV\u00ad\u20112 in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan deer could alter the course of the glob\u00adal pan\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR): \u201cNow vet\u00aderi\u00adnar\u00adi\u00adans at Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty have found active SARS-CoV\u00ad\u20112 infec\u00adtions in at least 30% of deer test\u00aded across Iowa dur\u00ading 2020. Their study, pub\u00adlished online last week, sug\u00adgests that white-tailed deer could become what\u2019s known as a reser\u00advoir for SARS-CoV\u00ad\u20112. That is, the ani\u00admals could car\u00adry the virus indef\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly and spread it back to humans peri\u00adod\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly. If that\u2019s the case, it would essen\u00adtial\u00adly dash any hopes of elim\u00adi\u00adnat\u00ading or erad\u00adi\u00adcat\u00ading the virus in the U.S. \u2014 and there\u00adfore from the world \u2014 says vet\u00aderi\u00adnary virol\u00ado\u00adgist Suresh Kuchipu\u00addi at Penn State, who co-led the study.\u201d <ul><li>Have they tried mask\u00ading the deer?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com\/template\/oakv2?campaign_id=9&amp;emc=edit_nn_20211112&amp;instance_id=45221&amp;nl=the-morning&amp;productCode=NN&amp;regi_id=59635643&amp;segment_id=74203&amp;te=1&amp;uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F1d1e83a9-bf05-54e1-8903-edd928275647&amp;user_id=82bd71d01fd70886e97df691aa12c777\">Good morn\u00ading. Is it time to start mov\u00ading back to nor\u00admal\u00adcy?<\/a> (David Leon\u00adhardt, New York Times): \u201cThe bot\u00adtom line is that Covid now presents the sort of risk to most vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded peo\u00adple that we unthink\u00ading\u00adly accept in oth\u00ader parts of life. And there is not going to be a day when we wake up to head\u00adlines pro\u00adclaim\u00ading that Covid is defeat\u00aded. In many ways, the future of the virus has arrived. All of which rais\u00ades the ques\u00adtion of which pre\u00adcau\u00adtions should end \u2014 now or soon \u2014 and which should become per\u00adma\u00adnent.\u201d<ul><li>Gonna tip my hand here: we should accept that COVID is not going away, lament those we have lost, rejoice that we have vac\u00adcines and are even start\u00ading to see effec\u00adtive treat\u00adments emerge, and get on with life. Unvac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded peo\u00adple have made their choice and I\u2019m hap\u00adpy to respect it, dou\u00adbly so now that deer seem to be repos\u00adi\u00adto\u00adries for COVID (wide\u00adspread ani\u00admal infec\u00adtions under\u00admine the only strong argu\u00adment I know for vac\u00adcine man\u00addates \u2014 name\u00adly that the unvac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded allow the virus to cir\u00adcu\u00adlate and per\u00adhaps mutate).<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/malaria-vaccine\/\">God\u2019s Mer\u00adcy in a New Malar\u00adia Vac\u00adcine<\/a> (Sarah Eekhoff Zyl\u00adstra inter\u00adviews Kel\u00adly Chibale, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cSci\u00adence is a gift from God, out of his mer\u00adcy for us. As a sci\u00aden\u00adtist, I am doing God\u2019s work, attempt\u00ading to alle\u00advi\u00adate human suf\u00adfer\u00ading in part\u00adner\u00adship with God. And oth\u00ader Chris\u00adtians can\u00adnot say that we don\u2019t need the sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic part of the body of Christ. The fin\u00adger can\u00adnot say it doesn\u2019t need the nose (1 Cor. 12:12\u201327).\u201d The inter\u00advie\u00adwee is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Organ\u00adic Chem\u00adistry at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cape Town.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psypost.org\/2021\/11\/meta-analysis-suggests-that-emotional-intelligence-is-declining-among-college-students-62087\">Meta-analy\u00adsis sug\u00adgests that emo\u00adtion\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence is declin\u00ading among col\u00adlege stu\u00addents<\/a> (Beth Ell\u00adwood, Psy Post): \u201cWest\u00adern cul\u00adture has under\u00adgone remark\u00adable change in the past 20 years. For one, a rise in eco\u00adnom\u00adic lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism and free-mar\u00adket cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism has encour\u00adaged an envi\u00adron\u00adment of com\u00adpet\u00adi\u00adtive indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adism. Sec\u00adond\u00adly, social media emerged and has grown rapid\u00adly, along with smart\u00adphone tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy. Stud\u00adies sug\u00adgest these changes may have led to gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional dif\u00adfer\u00adences in per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty, reveal\u00ading gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional ris\u00ades in nar\u00adcis\u00adsism, self-esteem, self-focus, and mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adism.\u201d<ul><li>This feels relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/yaledailynews.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/10\/reluctance-on-the-part-of-its-leadership-to-lead-yales-administration-increases-by-nearly-50-percent\/\">A \u201cpro\u00adlif\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors\u201d: fac\u00adul\u00adty reflect on two decades of rapid expan\u00adsion<\/a> (Philip Mousav\u00adizadeh, Yale Dai\u00adly News): \u201cLau\u00adren Noble, the founder and exec\u00adu\u00adtive direc\u00adtor of the William F. Buck\u00adley Jr. pro\u00adgram at Yale, point\u00aded to the fact that the num\u00adber of Yale\u2019s admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors today exceeds the num\u00adber of fac\u00adul\u00adty \u2014 5,066 com\u00adpared to 4,937 \u2014 which \u2018rais\u00ades impor\u00adtant ques\u00adtions about the university\u2019s allo\u00adca\u00adtion of resources,\u2019 she said. \u2018It\u2019s unclear how such a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant increase advances Yale\u2019s mis\u00adsion.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d <\/li><li>For con\u00adtext, there are only 4,664 under\u00adgrads at Yale: more than one admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtor per stu\u00addent! Not all admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors deal with stu\u00addents (some work with fac\u00adul\u00adty, for exam\u00adple), but that is still a stun\u00adning com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Some thoughts about crit\u00adi\u00adcal race the\u00ado\u00adry in schools:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/email.mg-d1.substack.com\/c\/eJxVkk2PmzAQhn9NuIH8QRI4-JA2SRW6UFVdbdJekLGHxMQYasyy5NfXSXpZ-UueeWfG8jOCOzh3dmZ9N7jgvpVu7oEZmAYNzoENxgFsqSTDlBASk0AymlYoEatADWVtAVquNHN2hKAfK60Ed6oz94gVpmscXNiax4jzhFYC4bhGtcBVXWO-5ClOIQV41uWjVGAEsM7o-ZE40OziXD8s6GZB9n5yI61_2Ki1eucmGsZqcFxcI9G13tv75S4QTt0VwhbAhf6mbNhyJy5hzy0YN4RyXS3o3nmNWdAtzBkW5G0-EX09NN1HfjvMefNzfvmaTRUt0H87ym9-NBuUq0nx4x7dtUWTk_w1Xxavm9jre0Fz9UNlkzweXNHsbsVtp7z95u8P-z3fyynTv48F4sd0PBgU7VFpxNiYP_ZL36x2H1tit9n1_dcJ5dl3cW3_uhHeBlRsvh0CxQgiGGO0xCnGlEYkEiueoHWdUEkgFlJGup0gvtTtIkbtOZT40x8Flp01mEjydzV4xflO7uHw4Ep_tqNRbi7B8EqDfDJ1z9Z4UC7PYMD6lpEldwyvqCecLlFCE_Rk6KHHlFKCfJ_4yrLzUYZ9xvYPvgDWSg\">The Woke Meet Their Match: Par\u00adents<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cAnd when the Democ\u00adrats and the main\u00adstream media insist that CRT is not being taught in high schools, they\u2019re being way too cute. Of course K\u201112 kids in Virginia\u2019s pub\u00adlic schools are not explic\u00adit\u00adly read\u00ading the col\u00adlect\u00aded works of Der\u00adrick Bell or Richard Del\u00adga\u00addo \u2014 no more than Catholic school kids in third grade are study\u00ading cri\u00adtiques of Aquinas. But they&nbsp;<em>are<\/em>&nbsp;being taught in a school sys\u00adtem now thor\u00adough\u00adly com\u00admit\u00adted to the ide\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy and world\u00adview of CRT, by teach\u00aders who have been mar\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded in it, and whose unions have cham\u00adpi\u00adoned it.\u2026 To use a term the woke might under\u00adstand, it is, in fact, struc\u00adtur\u00adal.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slowboring.com\/p\/critical-race-theory-and-actual-education\">\u201cCrit\u00adi\u00adcal Race The\u00ado\u00adry\u201d and actu\u00adal edu\u00adca\u00adtion pol\u00adi\u00adcy, part one<\/a> (Matt Ygle\u00adsias, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cStan\u00addard\u00adized test\u00ading has become a weird dis\u00adcourse flash\u00adpoint, but I think every\u00adone agrees that you can, in prin\u00adci\u00adple, assess someone\u2019s com\u00adpe\u00adtence in a giv\u00aden sub\u00adject area with a test. And if you want to com\u00adpare dif\u00adfer\u00adent peo\u00adple, you need to give them the same test. It\u2019s only by mak\u00ading com\u00adpar\u00adisons across class\u00adrooms and across time that we are able to per\u00adsua\u00adsive\u00adly demon\u00adstrate that par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlates are bad for school per\u00adfor\u00admance, healthy meals are good for school per\u00adfor\u00admance, and air con\u00addi\u00adtion\u00ading improves school per\u00adfor\u00admance in the sum\u00admer.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slowboring.com\/p\/crt-school\">\u201cCrit\u00adi\u00adcal Race The\u00ado\u00adry\u201d and actu\u00adal edu\u00adca\u00adtion pol\u00adi\u00adcy, part two<\/a> (Matt Ygle\u00adsias, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThat said, my view on [teach\u00ading his\u00adto\u00adry] as a K\u201112 edu\u00adca\u00adtion issue has always had two parts:<ul><li>Pub\u00adlic schools are <em>pub\u00adlic,<\/em> and to some extent, they inevitably have to reflect mass opin\u00adion. You can try to buck that trend and lose the school board elec\u00adtion, hand\u00ading all con\u00adtrol over to right-wingers who don\u2019t even think pub\u00adlic schools should exist, or you can acknowl\u00adedge that in a patri\u00adot\u00adic coun\u00adtry you basi\u00adcal\u00adly have to come up with a way to craft a patri\u00adot\u00adic nar\u00adra\u00adtive that\u2019s also inclu\u00adsive.<\/li><li>This is not actu\u00adal\u00adly very sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant. The kids who are good at school will go on to attend selec\u00adtive col\u00adleges where they will absolute\u00adly be exposed to left-wing intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adals\u2019 thoughts on patri\u00ado\u00adtism and Amer\u00adi\u00adcan excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adism. The kids who are not good at school, mean\u00adwhile, are not pay\u00ading close atten\u00adtion to the con\u00adtent of his\u00adto\u00adry class\u00ades.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2021\/11\/how-nfts-create-value\">How NFTs Cre\u00adate Val\u00adue<\/a> (Steve Kaczyn\u00ads\u00adki and Scott Duke Komin\u00aders, Har\u00advard Busi\u00adness Review): \u201cBut NFTs don\u2019t just pro\u00advide a kind of dig\u00adi\u00adtal \u2018deed.\u2019 Because blockchains are pro\u00adgram\u00adma\u00adble, it\u2019s pos\u00adsi\u00adble to endow NFTs with fea\u00adtures that enable them to expand their pur\u00adpose over time, or even to pro\u00advide direct util\u00adi\u00adty to their hold\u00aders. In oth\u00ader words, NFTs can do things \u2014 or let their own\u00aders do things \u2014 in both dig\u00adi\u00adtal spaces and the phys\u00adi\u00adcal world. In this sense, NFTs can func\u00adtion like mem\u00adber\u00adship cards or tick\u00adets, pro\u00advid\u00ading access to events, exclu\u00adsive mer\u00adchan\u00addise, and spe\u00adcial dis\u00adcounts \u2014 as well as serv\u00ading as dig\u00adi\u00adtal keys to online spaces where hold\u00aders can engage with each oth\u00ader. More\u00adover, because the blockchain is pub\u00adlic, it\u2019s even pos\u00adsi\u00adble to send addi\u00adtion\u00adal prod\u00aducts direct\u00adly to any\u00adone who owns a giv\u00aden token. All of this gives NFT hold\u00aders val\u00adue over and above sim\u00adple own\u00ader\u00adship \u2014 and pro\u00advides cre\u00adators with a vec\u00adtor to build a high\u00adly engaged com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty around their brands.\u201d This is the first expla\u00adna\u00adtion of NFTs I\u2019ve read that makes them sound use\u00adful.<\/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=ImCY3pSDrAk\">Video shows sky\u00addivers scram\u00adble as plane stalls mid-air<\/a> (Good Morn\u00ading Amer\u00adi\u00adca, YouTube): three min\u00adutes that made me think of sev\u00ader\u00adal of our stu\u00addents.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2021-11-08?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DilbertDailyStrip+%28Dilbert+Daily+Strip%29\">COVID Excus\u00ades<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2539\/\">Flinch\u00ading by Major<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2021-11-09?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DilbertDailyStrip+%28Dilbert+Daily+Strip%29\">Abun\u00addance of Cau\u00adtion<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.basicinstructions.net\/basic-instructions\/2021\/11\/9\/how-to-have-a-worthwhile-discussion-about-politics?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+basicinst+%28Basic+Instructions%29\">How To Have A Worth\u00adwhile Dis\u00adcus\u00adsion About Pol\u00adi\u00adtics<\/a> (Basic Instruc\u00adtions)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2021-11-11\">Tina\u2019s Prob\u00adlem Is Jerks<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2021-11-12\">Alice\u2019s Col\u00adlege Emails<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/why-the-ending-of-harry-potter-series-was-bad-opinion-2021-11\">Har\u00adry Pot\u00adter did\u00adn\u2019t \u2018save the world\u2019 at the end of the series, and the last sen\u00adtence of the book is proof<\/a> (Indi\u00adra Mar\u00adtinez, Insid\u00ader): \u201cHar\u00adry Pot\u00adter is laud\u00aded as the brave and suc\u00adcess\u00adful hero&nbsp;of the series, but what actu\u00adal\u00adly changed after he defeat\u00aded Volde\u00admort? The real evils plagu\u00ading the Wiz\u00adard\u00ading World cut deep\u00ader than one pow\u00ader\u00adful vil\u00adlain.\u201d Yeah, not much changed except for the CESSATION OF REGULAR, BRUTAL MURDERS.  So Har\u00adry Pot\u00adter did\u00adn\u2019t fix every\u00adthing wrong with the world. He made it bet\u00adter. Cut the sev\u00aden\u00adteen-year-old orphan some slack. Sheesh. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/god-develops-ultra-realistic-metaverse-where-people-can-talk-learn-and-work-with-other-people-calling-it-universe\/\">God Devel\u00adops Ultra-Real\u00adis\u00adtic Meta\u00adverse Where Peo\u00adple Can Talk, Learn, And Work With Oth\u00ader Peo\u00adple, Call\u00ading It \u2018Uni\u00adverse\u2019<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/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.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2018\/october\/sqlite-benedict-rule-code-ethics-hipp-developer-christian.html\">Eat, Pray, Code: Rule of St. Bene\u00addict Becomes Tech Developer\u2019s Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty Guide\u00adlines<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnutt, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cSQLite\u2014a data\u00adbase man\u00adage\u00adment engine used in most major browsers, smart phones, Adobe prod\u00aducts, and Skype\u2014adopted a code of ethics pulled direct\u00adly from the bib\u00adli\u00adcal pre\u00adcepts set by the ven\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded sixth-century monk.\u201d This arti\u00adcle blew my mind. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/10\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-175\">vol\u00adume 175<\/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>I had to cut this down from 20 can\u00addi\u00addate links to 7. It was gru\u00adel\u00ading. 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