{"id":6799,"date":"2022-01-07T18:03:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T02:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2022-01-07T18:03:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T02:03:35","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-333","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/01\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-333","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 333"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><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 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&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is volume 333, which makes me wonder what I\u2019ll do when I get to volume 666. Halfway to a disturbing milestone!<\/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>COVID perspectives, many critical of university policies.<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/universities-covid-policies-defy?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NjU1MTY3OSwiXyI6Ik93VTJhIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQxMzA1NjY3LCJleHAiOjE2NDEzMDkyNjcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNjAzNDciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.XubyiRpbwRMy_CYeQaExbnZdg4_TTH6vvxfiDUrotmk\">Universities\u2019 Covid Policies Defy Science and Reason<\/a> (Marty Makary, Bari Weiss\u2019s Substack): \u201cAccording to the CDC, the risk of a fully vaccinated adult ending up in the&nbsp;hospital&nbsp;for Covid was 1 in 26,000 for the week ending in November 27. Who was that one person? Not a college student.\u201d The author is a surgeon at Johns Hopkins.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/01\/university-covid-policies-remote-learning-mental-health\/621159\/\">University COVID Policies Are Bad for Students<\/a> (Emily Oster, The Atlantic): \u201cI don\u2019t know if universities were right to go largely or fully remote in 2020. The world before vaccines was a different one, and the choices were difficult. I am certain, though, that moving to remote instruction is the wrong choice now.\u201d The author is an economist at&nbsp;Brown.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2022\/01\/are-princeton-and-yale-imprisoning-their-students.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=are-princeton-and-yale-imprisoning-their-students\">Are Princeton and Yale imprisoning their students?<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution): \u201cI doubt these policies will significantly limit the spread of Covid. But my objection is more fundamental: They put universities in the untenable position of both panicking about Covid and treating Covid as trivial. Given the purpose of a university as an educational leader, a university that is hypocritical and rhetorically corrupt is failing outright.\u201d The author is an economist at George Mason University. The link is to a non-paywalled excerpt of a paywalled article.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesswrong.com\/posts\/uryfYSdx3fLpNxKQC\/covid-1-6-22-the-blip\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lesswrong.com\/posts\/uryfYSdx3fLpNxKQC\/covid-1-6-22-the-blip\">Covid 1\/6\/22: The Blip<\/a> (Zvi Mowshowitz, Less Wrong): \u201cIf you don\u2019t want your students infected in January, you have zero options. You do have the option to ensure they are not infected on campus by not opening the campus, in which case the infections will not be your fault, but the infections will still happen.\u201d Long and informative about many things.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com\/p\/there-is-good-news?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NjYwNjY4OCwiXyI6InlpWGRrIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQxMzkwNTA0LCJleHAiOjE2NDEzOTQxMDQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yODEyMTkiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.UGczkSYqFOzUN-hDaMiuhkuhYQ8EbEe8TWI4dKddJhA\">There is good news<\/a> (Katelyn Jetelina, Substack): \u201cVaccines are working. And not just working&nbsp;<em>okay<\/em>, they are working&nbsp;<em>incredibly<\/em>&nbsp;well. I know this is hard to believe when everyone around us is testing positive. But vaccines are doing their primary job: keeping people out of the hospital.\u201d The author is an epidemiologist in the University of Texas system.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/i-saw-firsthand-what-it-takes-to-keep-covid-out-of-hong-kong-it-felt-like-a-different-planet\">I Saw Firsthand What It Takes to Keep COVID Out of Hong Kong. It Felt Like a Different Planet.<\/a> (Caroline Chen, ProPublica): \u201cHong Kong\u2019s quarantine procedures are among the strictest in the world. The city is committed to a \u2018zero-COVID\u2019 policy, which means it will take every possible measure to prevent a single case. Its policies for travelers have become progressively stringent.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/05\/opinion\/omicron-covid-testing-cdc.html?campaign_id=9&amp;emc=edit_nn_20220105&amp;instance_id=49441&amp;nl=the-morning&amp;regi_id=59635643&amp;segment_id=78706&amp;te=1&amp;user_id=82bd71d01fd70886e97df691aa12c777\">The C.D.C. Is Hoping You\u2019ll Figure Covid Out on Your Own<\/a> (Zeynep Tufekci, New York Times): \u201cThe government can help us pull out of this fog, but it should always be based on being honest with the public. We aren\u2019t expecting officials to have crystal balls about everything, but we want them to empower and inform us while preparing for eventualities \u2014 good or bad. Two years is too long to still be hoping for luck to get through all&nbsp;this.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iberianet.com\/sports\/jesus-coordinator\/article_e98a7fac-6a89-11ec-b51f-c308ca4f642d.html\">Jesus Coordinator<\/a> (Raymond Partsch III, The Daily Iberian): \u201cFor years now, the Ragin\u2019 Cajuns have stayed the night before a home game at the Hilton Garden Inn across the street from Cajun Field. The hotel\u2019s swimming pool has served for dozens of baptisms performed by Treuil. \u2018The Hilton may have more baptisms than the local churches,\u2019 Wingerter joked. \u2018But in all seriousness, it is such an incredible thing to witness. To watch them find their path and Eric help them with that is special.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d This was my campus pastor. Really good article about&nbsp;him.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2022\/january\/app-investment-prayer-bible-meditation-glorify-hallow.html\">Venture Capitalists See Profit in Prayer <\/a>(Daniel Silliman, Christianity Today): \u201c\u2026while prayer, Bible reading, and Scripture meditation will always be free, the smartphone apps that help people do those things in 2022 offer the promise of great potential profit.\u201d I have complex feelings about&nbsp;this.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/on-religion\/what-it-means-to-see-jesus\">What It Means To See Jesus<\/a> (Casey Cep, The New Yorker): \u201cWhat Hudson calls appearances are communal visions, with more than one person seeing the same image of Jesus at the same time; apparitions are when Jesus seems to be present in the physical world, as though anyone can see him, yet only the visionary actually does so; with visions, the visionary alone can see Jesus, and is fully aware that no one else can.\u201cThis is way more interesting than I expected.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/china-harvests-masses-of-data-on-western-targets-documents-show\/2021\/12\/31\/3981ce9c-538e-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html\">China harvests masses of data on Western targets, documents show<\/a> (Cate Cadell, Washington Post): \u201cThe exact scope of China\u2019s government public opinion monitoring industry is unclear, but there have been some indications about its size in Chinese state media. In 2014, the state-backed newspaper China Daily said more than 2 million people were working as public opinion analysts. In 2018, the People\u2019s Daily, another official organ, said the government\u2019s online opinion analysis industry was worth \u2018tens of billions of yuan,\u2019 equivalent to billions of dollars, and was growing at a rate of 50 percent a&nbsp;year.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/trans-prisoners-switch-gender-again-once-freed-from-womens-units-qjjsd0nlx\">Trans prisoners \u2018switch gender again\u2019 once freed from women\u2019s units<\/a> (Marcello Mega and John Boothman, The Times): \u201cThe disclosure \u2014 in a study published in the<em>&nbsp;British Journal of Criminology<\/em>&nbsp;\u2014 has raised fresh concerns about self-identification of gender posing a risk to women\u2019s safety as first minister Nicola Sturgeon prepares to press ahead with gender recognition legislation this&nbsp;year.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gfile.thedispatch.com\/p\/top-down-letdown?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NjQyNDEzMSwiXyI6InoxNUtmIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQxMTA2ODEzLCJleHAiOjE2NDExMTA0MTMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzgxOSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.QE15RYzXDb45rWAdZxPl1X0H7tgjnJ2nhZY9ARGN-sY\">Top-Down Letdown<\/a> (Jonah Goldberg, The Dispatch): \u201cYou know what voter suppression, voter fraud, and lesbian vampires all have in common? They all played the same role in the 2020 presidential election, with equal effect.\u201d Goldberg is a delightful wordsmith.<\/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.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/meeting\">Ouch<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GN6HVkGcqTs\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GN6HVkGcqTs\">Women Use Too Many Towels In The Bathroom.<\/a> (Tom Briscoe, YouTube): three minutes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/01\/07\/the-philosopher-redefining-equality\">The Philosopher Redefining Equality<\/a> (Nathan Heller, New Yorker): \u201cWhen she was three, her mother asked, \u2018Why do you allow your brother to talk for you?\u2019\u2014why didn\u2019t she speak for herself? \u2018Until now, it simply was not necessary,\u2019 Elizabeth said. It was the first full sentence that she had ever uttered.\u201d I think that\u2019s the best first sentence I\u2019ve ever heard of. The article is a tad long, but recommended. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/02\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-189\">volume 189<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.\n\nAlso, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about it.\n\nIf this was forwarded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. 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