{"id":6793,"date":"2021-12-31T15:03:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T23:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6793"},"modified":"2021-12-31T15:03:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T23:03:18","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-332","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/12\/31\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-332","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 332"},"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\" 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 width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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>\n\n    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<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:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/acp.3899\">Learn\u00ading in dou\u00adble time: The effect of lec\u00adture video speed on imme\u00addi\u00adate and delayed com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsion<\/a> (Mur\u00adphy et al, Applied Cog\u00adni\u00adtive Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy): \u201cWe pre\u00adsent\u00aded par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants with lec\u00adture videos at dif\u00adfer\u00adent speeds and test\u00aded imme\u00addi\u00adate and delayed (1&nbsp;week) com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsion. Results revealed min\u00adi\u00admal costs incurred by increas\u00ading video speed from 1x to 1.5x, or 2x speed, but per\u00adfor\u00admance declined beyond 2x speed. We also com\u00adpared learn\u00ading out\u00adcomes after watch\u00ading videos once at 1x or twice at 2x speed. There was not an advan\u00adtage to watch\u00ading twice at 2x speed but if par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants watched the video again at 2x speed imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly before the test, com\u00adpared with watch\u00ading once at 1x a week before the test, com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsion improved. Thus, increas\u00ading the speed of videos (up to 2x) may be an effi\u00adcient strat\u00ade\u00adgy, espe\u00adcial\u00adly if stu\u00addents use the time saved for addi\u00adtion\u00adal study\u00ading or rewatch\u00ading the videos, but learn\u00aders should do this addi\u00adtion\u00adal study\u00ading short\u00adly before an exam.\u201d The authors are researchers at UCLA.<\/li><li>The pan\u00addem\u00adic:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/12\/15\/our-playbook-fight-covid-19-is-outdated-here-are-10-updates-2022\/\">Our play\u00adbook to fight covid-19 is out\u00addat\u00aded. Here are 10 updates for 2022.<\/a> (Joseph G. Allen, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cPub\u00adlic health\u2019s cred\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty is on the line now. The pub\u00adlic and busi\u00adness\u00ades see that pub\u00adlic health guid\u00adance isn\u2019t keep\u00ading up with the times, and they\u2019re right.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal health at Har\u00advard.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com\/p\/pan-coronavirus-super-vaccine\">Pan-coro\u00adn\u00adavirus \u201csuper\u201d vac\u00adcine<\/a> (Kate\u00adlyn Jetelina, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThis clin\u00adi\u00adcal tri\u00adal has tak\u00aden longer than expect\u00aded because peo\u00adple can only par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpate if they have not been pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded or infect\u00aded with COVID. As you can imag\u00adine, the pool of eli\u00adgi\u00adble and will\u00ading par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants is get\u00adting small\u00ader and small\u00ader.\u201d The author is an epi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Texas Health Cen\u00adter.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lesswrong.com\/posts\/Q3sJKgLMYvDSegzYh\/covid-12-30-infinity-war\">Covid 12\/30: Infin\u00adi\u00adty War<\/a> (Zvi Mow\u00adshowitz, Less Wrong): \u201cFor five weeks, we\u2019ve seen Omi\u00adcron dou\u00adble and dou\u00adble again. That which can\u2019t go on for\u00adev\u00ader, won\u2019t. There aren\u2019t many dou\u00adblings left. This is it. The CDC\u2019s revised guide\u00adlines made it even more clear that we\u2019re going to col\u00adlec\u00adtive\u00adly make the right deci\u00adsion, let it hap\u00adpen, and hope for the best. It\u2019s not like we have any choice in the mat\u00adter.\u201d Long and full of time\u00adly infor\u00adma\u00adtion.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/30\/opinion\/inflation-economy-biden-inequality.html\">The Miss\u00ading Data in the Infla\u00adtion Debate<\/a> (Aus\u00adtan Gools\u00adbee, New York Times): \u201c\u2026the pain of infla\u00adtion may not be shared equal\u00adly.\u2026 In Novem\u00adber, online prices fell 0.2 per\u00adcent as the C.P.I. rose 0.8 per\u00adcent. In oth\u00ader words: The more some\u00adone shops online rather than in stores, the less infla\u00adtion the indi\u00advid\u00adual has faced. Notably, shop\u00adping online is far more com\u00admon among high-income peo\u00adple. And dur\u00ading the pan\u00addem\u00adic the prac\u00adtice has grown more preva\u00adlent.\u201d The author is an econ prof at U Chica\u00adgo.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/december\/argentina-evangelical-prison-churches-pinero-rosario.html\">Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals a Ris\u00ading Force Inside Argentina\u2019s Pris\u00adons<\/a> (Ger\u00adman de los San\u00adtos &amp; Rodri\u00adgo Abd, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cMany here began ped\u00addling drugs as teenagers and got stuck in a spi\u00adral of vio\u00adlence that led some to their graves and oth\u00aders to over\u00adcrowd\u00aded pris\u00adons divid\u00aded between two forces: drug lords and preach\u00aders. Over the past 20 years, Argen\u00adtine prison author\u00adi\u00adties have encour\u00adaged, to one extent or anoth\u00ader, the cre\u00adation of units effec\u00adtive\u00adly run by evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal inmates\u2014sometimes grant\u00adi\u00adng them a few extra spe\u00adcial priv\u00adi\u00adleges, such as more time in fresh air.\u201d An Asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded Press sto\u00adry.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/980889\/secret-truth-student-debt-crisis\">The secret truth of the stu\u00addent debt cri\u00adsis<\/a> (Ryan Coop\u00ader, The Week): \u201cThe truth is the ques\u00adtion of whether stu\u00addent debt should be can\u00adceled is large\u00adly irrel\u00ade\u00advant. Most stu\u00addent debt will be can\u00adceled soon\u00ader or lat\u00ader, because an ever-grow\u00ading share of bor\u00adrow\u00aders can\u00adnot pos\u00adsi\u00adbly repay their loans. Ever.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/comment.org\/building-trust-across-the-political-divide\/\">Build\u00ading Trust Across the Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Divide<\/a> (April Law\u00adson, Com\u00adment): \u201cThe Blue-inflect\u00aded tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal empa\u00adthy-build\u00ading forms of bridge-build\u00ading have a great deal to rec\u00adom\u00admend them. But there is a flaw: the implic\u00adit belief under\u00adly\u00ading this style of bridg\u00ading is that we can learn to love each oth\u00ader by see\u00ading that we are all deeply the same. While true in some sens\u00ades, this miss\u00ades a fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal insight about rela\u00adtion\u00adship that most of us know from expe\u00adri\u00adence: We have the capac\u00adi\u00adty to build rela\u00adtion\u00adship <em>through<\/em> <em>con\u00adflict<\/em>.\u201d Hon\u00adest\u00adly describes very real dynam\u00adics. Almost a year old but I\u2019m just see\u00ading it now.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enidnews.com\/news\/state\/muskogee-student-honored-for-saving-2-lives\/article_6b221e58-5fae-11ec-b7eb-fba8002a9aa8.html\">Musko\u00adgee stu\u00addent hon\u00adored for sav\u00ading 2 lives<\/a> (Cathy Spauld\u00ading, Enid News &amp; Eagle): \u201cDavy\u00adon, who attends the 6th and 7th Grade Acad\u00ade\u00admy, used an abdom\u00adi\u00adnal thrust on a school mate who was chok\u00ading on a bot\u00adtle cap. Lat\u00ader that day, Davy\u00adon res\u00adcued a woman from a burn\u00ading house.\u201d<ul><li>First, this 6th grad\u00ader deserves huge props. Sec\u00adond, the sto\u00adries are actu\u00adal\u00adly a lit\u00adtle com\u00adi\u00adcal when you read the details. So much so that \u201csaved\u201d might be gen\u00ader\u00adous on the burn\u00ading house. Still, boss.<\/li><\/ul><\/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\/in-retrospect-man-attending-communist-themed-party-should-have-realized-there-wouldnt-be-any-food\/\">In Ret\u00adro\u00adspect, Woman Attend\u00ading Com\u00admu\u00adnist-Themed Par\u00adty Should Have Real\u00adized There Would\u00adn\u2019t Be Any Food<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d3OH7-gDsPk\">Gov\u00adern\u00adment Spend\u00ading &amp; Stock Mar\u00adket<\/a> (Mo Amer, YouTube): lan\u00adguage warn\u00ading. Six min\u00adutes. More insight\u00adful than many seri\u00adous com\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtors.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/12\/29\">A Very Stan\u00adford Solu\u00adtion<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nwnLXgdlDKg\">You Can\u2019t Find A Birth\u00adday Gift For A 90-Year-Old<\/a> (Dan Grueter, YouTube): four min\u00adutes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2560\/\">Con\u00adfound\u00ading Vari\u00adables<\/a> (xkcd)<\/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:\/\/vimeo.com\/200206468\">God\u00adspeed: The Pace Of Being Known<\/a> (Vimeo): a stu\u00addent brought this 30 minute video to my atten\u00adtion and said it made her think about how she should be liv\u00ading in her dorm. Worth watch\u00ading as you pre\u00adpare to return to cam\u00adpus. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/12\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-181\">vol\u00adume 181<\/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>. 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