{"id":6783,"date":"2021-12-17T14:59:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T22:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6783"},"modified":"2021-12-17T14:59:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T22:59:37","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/12\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-330","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 330"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/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 way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is volume 330, which is the number of ways to put 11 items into groups of 4<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. \u201cWhat is wrong with physicians?\u201d (from the comments)<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution): \u201cThere is a wild disconnect between \u2018being a physician\u2019 as understood by the public and what you actually live.\u201d Well worth reading for anyone considering med school.<\/li>
  2. On Cards, Crypto, and Christ<\/a> (Pratyush Buddiga, Substack): \u201cAll I can remember was singing a song and suddenly feeling an internal resonance within me, a oneness with something far greater and more powerful than anything I had ever experienced. It took me out of where I was in that small church in Singapore and connected me with the divine. The second before I didn\u2019t believe in God. After that moment that felt like a lifetime, I knew He was real.\u201d Recommended by an alumnus.<\/li>
  3. Research: Religious Americans Less Likely to Divorce<\/a> (Lyman Stone & Brad Wilcox, Christianity Today): \u201cEarlier marriage is a known risk factor for divorce. Premarital cohabitation is too. Since religiosity tends to motivate earlier <\/em>marriage but less <\/em>cohabitation, the effects on divorce are not easy to guess. What we really want to know is: Do religious people get divorced less? The answer appears to be yes.\u201d<\/li>
  4. Leaked SoCal hospital records reveal huge, automated markups for healthcare<\/a> (David Lazarus, LA Times): \u201c[The nurse\u2019s] screenshots, taken earlier this year, speak for themselves. What they show are price hikes ranging from 575% to 675% being automatically generated by the hospital\u2019s software. The eye-popping increases are so routine, apparently, the software even displays the formula it uses to convert reasonable medical costs to billed amounts that are much, much higher.\u2026 This is separate from any additional charges for the doctor, anesthesiologist, X\u2011rays or hospital facilities.\u201d Shared with me by an alumnus.<\/li>
  5. Destruction is Still Mutually Assured<\/a> (Freddie deBoer, Substack): \u201cDo I think it would be good if Russia invaded Ukraine? No. Do I think that Russia invading Ukraine would be as bad as a nuclear war between the countries with the two largest nuclear stockpiles? Also no. Not even close, actually.\u201d<\/li>
  6. Rob Henderson: <\/a>How \u201cLuxury Beliefs\u201d Hurt the Rest of Us<\/a> (Bari Weiss, podcast). This is a really interesting interview.<\/li>
  7. Some COVID links: