{"id":6812,"date":"2022-01-28T17:23:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T01:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6812"},"modified":"2022-01-28T17:30:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T01:30:19","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-336","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/01\/28\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-336","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 336"},"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>     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\">I\u2019m a sim\u00adple man, and I appre\u00adci\u00adate that vol\u00adume 336 is com\u00adprised of dig\u00adits eas\u00adi\u00adly put into an equa\u00adtion: 3 + 3 = 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"things-glen-found-interesting\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/religionunplugged.com\/news\/2022\/1\/19\/this-innovative-christian-homeless-shelter-is-rising-to-californias-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">This Inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Chris\u00adt\u00adian Home\u00adless Shel\u00adter Is Ris\u00ading To Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adni\u00ada\u2019s Hous\u00ading Chal\u00adlenge<\/a> (Liza Van\u00adden\u00adboom Ash\u00adley, Reli\u00adgion Unplugged): \u201c\u2026Orange Coun\u00adty Res\u00adcue Mis\u00adsion [is] an inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Chris\u00adt\u00adian home\u00adless shel\u00adter based in Tustin with sev\u00ader\u00adal oth\u00ader loca\u00adtions. The Tustin cam\u00adpus, known as the Vil\u00adlage of Hope, runs with\u00adout gov\u00adern\u00adment fund\u00ading or pri\u00advate debt and employs an orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion\u00adal and aes\u00adthet\u00adic ethos that more close\u00adly resem\u00adbles a col\u00adlege cam\u00adpus than a home\u00adless shel\u00adter.\u201d This is an uplift\u00ading read. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jan\/23\/christ-and-cocaine-rios-gangs-of-god-blend-faith-and-violence\" target=\"_blank\">Christ and cocaine: Rio\u2019s gangs of God blend faith and vio\u00adlence<\/a> (Tom Phillips, The Guardian): \u201cDrug lords, some reg\u00adu\u00adlar church\u00adgo\u00aders, have incor\u00adpo\u00adrat\u00aded Chris\u00adt\u00adian sym\u00adbols into their ultra-vio\u00adlent trade. Pack\u00adets of cocaine, hand\u00adguns and uni\u00adforms are embla\u00adzoned with the Star of David \u2013 a ref\u00ader\u00adence to the Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal belief that the return of Jews to Israel rep\u00adre\u00adsents progress towards the sec\u00adond com\u00ading. Gang-com\u00admis\u00adsioned graf\u00adfi\u00adti offers spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal guid\u00adance and heav\u00aden\u00adly praise.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus. What a wild sto\u00adry! See\u00ading their blind spots, my main take\u00adaway is to won\u00adder what my blind spots are.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/emilybakerwhite\/apps-selling-your-prayers\" target=\"_blank\">Noth\u00ading Sacred: These Apps Reserve The Right To Sell Your Prayers<\/a> (Emi\u00adly Bak\u00ader-White, Buz\u00adzFeed): \u201cIt is com\u00admon for free apps to prof\u00adit from shar\u00ading their users\u2019 data and to be vague about exact\u00adly how and with whom they share it, but users feel like Pray.com\u2019s data prac\u00adtices are at odds with the deeply per\u00adson\u00adal nature of prayer itself. Jen\u00adny, a recent col\u00adlege grad\u00adu\u00adate who prayed about the infi\u00addeli\u00adty of a roman\u00adtic part\u00adner in the app, said \u2018there is an expec\u00adta\u00adtion of pri\u00adva\u00adcy\u2019 among Chris\u00adtians shar\u00ading prayers.\u201d<ul><li>From lat\u00ader in the arti\u00adcle: \u201cAt least one gov\u00adern\u00adment has tak\u00aden an inter\u00adest in prayer app data, too \u2014 the US mil\u00adi\u00adtary bought exten\u00adsive loca\u00adtion data mined from Mus\u00adlim prayer apps back in 2020 for use in spe\u00adcial forces oper\u00ada\u00adtions.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>PDF: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SoLongAndNoThanks.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">So Long, And No Thanks for the Exter\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adties:<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SoLongAndNoThanks.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Ratio\u00adnal Rejec\u00adtion of Secu\u00adri\u00adty Advice by Users<\/a> (Cor\u00admac Her\u00adley, Microsoft): \u201cFor exam\u00adple, much of the advice con\u00adcern\u00ading pass\u00adwords is out\u00addat\u00aded and does lit\u00adtle to address actu\u00adal treats, and ful\u00adly 100% of cer\u00adtifi\u00adcate error warn\u00adings appear to be false pos\u00adi\u00adtives. Fur\u00adther, if users spent even a minute a day read\u00ading URLs to avoid phish\u00ading, the cost (in terms of user time) would be two orders of mag\u00adni\u00adtude greater than all phish\u00ading loss\u00ades. Thus we find that most secu\u00adri\u00adty advice sim\u00adply offers a poor cost-ben\u00ade\u00adfit trade\u00adoff to users and is reject\u00aded.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cacm.acm.org\/blogs\/blog-cacm\/257976-superhero-secret-identities-arent-possible-with-todays-computing-technologies\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\">Super\u00adhero Secret Iden\u00adti\u00adties Aren\u2019t Pos\u00adsi\u00adble with Today\u2019s Com\u00adput\u00ading Tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies<\/a> (Jason Hong, Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions of the ACM): \u201cSuper\u00adheroes have to wor\u00adry about hav\u00ading their iden\u00adti\u00adty being revealed, but the rest of us in the real world have to wor\u00adry about just how much infor\u00adma\u00adtion about us is out there, how wide\u00adly avail\u00adable many of these tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies are, and how both of these can be eas\u00adi\u00adly abused\u2014sometimes acci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, some\u00adtimes intentionally\u2014by adver\u00adtis\u00aders, gov\u00adern\u00adments, employ\u00aders, stalk\u00aders, crim\u00adi\u00adnals, and more.\u201d I enjoyed this.<\/li><li>On Russia\/Ukraine:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/us-blunders-ukraine-war-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\">US Blun\u00adders, Ukraine\u2019s War<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cPutin or no Putin, no Russ\u00adian leader could allow Ukraine to join NATO, any more than any Amer\u00adi\u00adcan leader could allow Mex\u00adi\u00adco to join a defen\u00adsive alliance formed out of oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion to Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pow\u00ader. Every Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pres\u00adi\u00addent since James Mon\u00adroe has upheld the so-called Mon\u00adroe Doc\u00adtrine, which claims the entire West\u00adern hemi\u00adsphere as a zone of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan influ\u00adence. By what crack\u00adpot log\u00adic can we advance and defend that claim, but expect Rus\u00adsia, anoth\u00ader great pow\u00ader, to acqui\u00adesce to Ukraine, a bor\u00adder state to Rus\u00adsia, join\u00ading NATO?\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/richardhanania.substack.com\/p\/russia-as-the-great-satan-in-the\" target=\"_blank\">Rus\u00adsia as the \u201cGreat Satan\u201d in the Lib\u00ader\u00adal Imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion<\/a> (Richard Hana\u00adnia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026the US for\u00adeign pol\u00adi\u00adcy estab\u00adlish\u00adment believes that every coun\u00adtry in Europe should even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly be part of the EU and NATO, and none should be allowed to get close to Rus\u00adsia or adopt a \u2018non\u00adde\u00admo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic\u2019 form of gov\u00adern\u00adment, with \u201cdemoc\u00adra\u00adcy\u201d again being defined as mak\u00ading inter\u00adnal deci\u00adsions that reflect the pol\u00adi\u00adcy out\u00adcomes that State Depart\u00adment offi\u00adcials wish a Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic pres\u00adi\u00addent would imple\u00adment at home.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/22\/world\/europe\/chernobyl-ukraine-invasion-russia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Defend Cher\u00adnobyl Dur\u00ading an Inva\u00adsion? Why Both\u00ader, Some Ukraini\u00adans Ask.<\/a> (Andrew Kramer &amp; Tyler Hicks, New York Times): \u201cMr. Prishepa said he would pre\u00adfer that Ukraine set up the defen\u00adsive lines fur\u00adther south, giv\u00ading the irra\u00addi\u00adat\u00aded zone over to whomev\u00ader might want it. \u2018It\u2019s a waste\u00adland,\u2019 he said. \u2018No crop will ever grow here.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Pan\u00addem\u00adic per\u00adspec\u00adtives:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/emilyoster.substack.com\/p\/i-had-covid-am-i-done-now?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJfIjoibnVtemoiLCJpYXQiOjE2NDMyOTMyOTgsImV4cCI6MTY0MzI5Njg5OCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI5NzcwIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.xaiLkT7JGpY-fMSCMGrQUgUOEYdjJMNFYJmJk-Yiz5A\" target=\"_blank\">I Had COVID. Am I Done Now?<\/a> (Emi\u00adly Oster, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI think part of what has made this tran\u00adsi\u00adtion dif\u00adfi\u00adcult, even if we&nbsp;<em>say<\/em>&nbsp;we have accept\u00aded it, is the resid\u00adual fear of the unknown that has been hard to shake. It\u2019s not unknown to as many of us as before. I spent the past two years tak\u00ading a mil\u00adlion PCR and rapid tests, which were all neg\u00ada\u00adtive. When I final\u00adly got a pos\u00adi\u00adtive result last week, I felt a bit of loss and defeat but also a bit of release. Maybe it\u2019s the same for others.\u201cThe author is an econ\u00ado\u00admist at Brown Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/why-are-we-boosting-kids?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NzcwMjg3MiwiXyI6Im51bXpqIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQzMjkzMTI2LCJleHAiOjE2NDMyOTY3MjYsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNjAzNDciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.QvbMrIJbFqPWqcpP3aWdLJqiTIzFDrCnDb3vlJBnlvY\" target=\"_blank\">Why Are We Boost\u00ading Kids<\/a>? (David Zweig, Bari Weis\u00ads\u2019s Sub\u00adstack): \u201cMon\u00adi\u00adca Gand\u00adhi, a doc\u00adtor and an infec\u00adtious-dis\u00adease spe\u00adcial\u00adist at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia, San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco, was blunt in her assess\u00adment. \u2018I am not giv\u00ading my 12 and 14-year-old boys boost\u00aders,\u2019 she told me. Dr. Gand\u00adhi is not the only expert to pub\u00adlicly state an inten\u00adtion to not com\u00adply with the CDC\u2019s rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion. Dr. Paul Offit is the direc\u00adtor of the Vac\u00adcine Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Cen\u00adter at Children\u2019s Hos\u00adpi\u00adtal of Philadel\u00adphia, a mem\u00adber of the FDA\u2019s vac\u00adcine advi\u00adso\u00adry com\u00admit\u00adtee, and is con\u00adsid\u00adered one the country\u2019s top author\u00adi\u00adties on pedi\u00adatric vac\u00adcine pol\u00adi\u00adcy. He recent\u00adly&nbsp;said&nbsp;that get\u00adting boost\u00aded would not be worth the risk for the aver\u00adage healthy 17-year-old boy, and he advised his son, who is in his 20s, not to get a third dose.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/on.substack.com\/p\/society-has-a-trust-problem-more\" target=\"_blank\">Soci\u00adety has a trust prob\u00adlem. More cen\u00adsor\u00adship will only make it worse<\/a>. (Hamish McKen\u00adzie, Chris Best &amp; Jairaj, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026as we face grow\u00ading pres\u00adsure to cen\u00adsor con\u00adtent pub\u00adlished on Sub\u00adstack that to some seems dubi\u00adous or objec\u00adtion\u00adable, our answer remains the same: we make deci\u00adsions based on prin\u00adci\u00adples not PR, we will defend free expres\u00adsion, and we will stick to our hands-off approach to con\u00adtent mod\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. While we have con\u00adtent guide\u00adlines that allow us to pro\u00adtect the plat\u00adform at the extremes, we will always view cen\u00adsor\u00adship as a last resort, because we believe open dis\u00adcourse is bet\u00adter for writ\u00aders and bet\u00adter for soci\u00adety.\u201d Bra\u00advo to Sub\u00adstack.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/the-folly-of-pandemic-censorship\" target=\"_blank\">The Fol\u00adly of Pan\u00addem\u00adic Cen\u00adsor\u00adship<\/a> (Matt Taib\u00adbi, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cCen\u00adsors have a fan\u00adta\u00adsy that if they get rid of all the Beren\u00adsons and Mer\u00adco\u00adlas and Mal\u00adones, and rein in peo\u00adple like Joe Rogan, that all the hold\u00adouts will sud\u00adden\u00adly rush to get vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded. The oppo\u00adsite is true. If you wipe out crit\u00adics, peo\u00adple will imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly default to high\u00ader lev\u00adels of sus\u00adpi\u00adcion. They will now be <em>sure <\/em>there\u2019s some\u00adthing wrong with the vac\u00adcine. If you want to con\u00advince audi\u00adences, you have to allow every\u00adone to talk, even the ones you dis\u00adagree with. You have to make a bet\u00adter case.\u201d Parts of this are straight fire.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/how-an-anonymous-reporting-system-made-yale-a-covid-surveillance-state\/\" target=\"_blank\">How an Anony\u00admous Report\u00ading Sys\u00adtem Made Yale a COVID \u2018Sur\u00adveil\u00adlance State\u2019<\/a> (Aaron Sibar\u00adi\u00adum, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Free Bea\u00adcon): \u201cAt Yale, those lost social con\u00adnec\u00adtions have killed more peo\u00adple than COVID-19. In Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 2020, a Yale fresh\u00adman told the <em>Yale Dai\u00adly News<\/em> that the iso\u00adla\u00adtion of the pan\u00addem\u00adic had made her wor\u00adried about her men\u00adtal health. In March 2021, she com\u00admit\u00adted sui\u00adcide in her dorm. Since the begin\u00adning of the pan\u00addem\u00adic, there have been no report\u00aded COVID deaths among Yale\u2019s stu\u00addents, fac\u00adul\u00adty, or staff.\u201d The arti\u00adcle describes a few absolute\u00adly bonkers encoun\u00adters.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/politico-nightly\/2022\/01\/27\/the-nyts-polarizing-pandemic-pundit-00003059\" target=\"_blank\">The NYT\u2019s polar\u00adiz\u00ading pan\u00addem\u00adic pun\u00addit<\/a> (Joanne Kenen, Politi\u00adco): \u201cOth\u00ader pub\u00adlic health experts Night\u00adly\u00adin\u00adter\u00adviewed \u2014 some of whom are sources for New York Times health jour\u00adnal\u00adists or have media gigs of their own \u2014 didn\u2019t want to be quot\u00aded, or said they were too busy tak\u00ading care of patients, ciao. One well-known research sci\u00aden\u00adtist, who is part of this crit\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion but who admires Leon\u00adhardt over\u00adall, wouldn\u2019t even <em>praise<\/em> him on the record.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"less-serious-things-which-also-interested-amused-glen\">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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lf-8rEK63eg\" target=\"_blank\">We Don\u2019t Talk About COVID \u2014 \u201cWe Don\u2019t Talk About Bruno\u201d Par\u00ado\u00addy<\/a> (The Hold\u00ader\u00adness Fam\u00adi\u00adly, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9txc8CEzvgE\" target=\"_blank\">Card Stab<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/siberiantimes.com\/other\/others\/news\/worlds-coldest-marathon-at-blistering-minus-53c-is-complete-in-yakutia\/\" target=\"_blank\">World\u2019s cold\u00adest marathon at blis\u00adter\u00ading minus 53C is com\u00adplete in Yaku\u00adtia<\/a> (Siber\u00adian Times): \u201cThe win\u00adner was Vasi\u00adly Lukin, teacher from Chu\u00adrapcha Insti\u00adtute of Phys\u00adi\u00adcal Cul\u00adture and Sport. This is his sec\u00adond vic\u00adto\u00adry in the extreme race; this year he reached the fin\u00adish line at Tom\u00adtor in three hours twen\u00adty two min\u00adutes.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/notthebee.com\/article\/guinness-world-record-awarded-to-russian-for-the-worlds-first-truly-retractable-lightsaber\" target=\"_blank\">Guin\u00adness World Record award\u00aded to Russ\u00adian for the world\u2019s first tru\u00adly retractable lightsaber<\/a> (Joel Abbott, Not The Bee): \u201cThe lightsaber pro\u00adduces a plas\u00adma blade mea\u00adsur\u00ading over 1 m (3.28 ft) in length. Reach\u00ading tem\u00adper\u00ada\u00adtures over 2,800\u00b0C (5,072\u00b0F), the blade has the abil\u00adi\u00adty to cut through steel.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OG0rlDIqoeQ\" target=\"_blank\">The Hitler Fam\u00adi\u00adly Name<\/a> (Bill Burr, YouTube): two min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MY8cUs2Cc1U\" target=\"_blank\">Who Was Tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly Dressed In Pink And Called A Girl?<\/a> (QI, YouTube): three and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9QM4h1qvqpg\" target=\"_blank\">The Dif\u00adfer\u00adence Between A Nerd And A Dork<\/a> (Don McMil\u00adlan, YouTube): five min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BDB1bnMqKPo\" target=\"_blank\">Con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): eight min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wvqo2PvCY98\" target=\"_blank\">ACCUSED of keep\u00ading a baby in my suit\u00adcase<\/a> (Would I Lie To You?, YouTube): three min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=psSYiidw-v0\" target=\"_blank\">Is Mon\u00adey Even Real? An Econ\u00ado\u00admist Explains<\/a> (John Stew\u00adart, YouTube): six min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2022\/01\/27\/student-distraught-to-discover-that-her-zoom-crush-is-actually-54\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stu\u00addent dis\u00adtraught to dis\u00adcov\u00ader that her Zoom crush is actu\u00adal\u00adly 5\u20194<\/a> (Michelle Fu, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cWhen pressed for fur\u00adther infor\u00adma\u00adtion, the 5\u20192\u2019\u2019 John\u00adson said that \u2018it just hurt that he wasn\u2019t actu\u00adal\u00adly 6\u20196\u201d as I\u2019d imag\u00adined in my head.\u2019\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"things-glen-found-interesting-a-while-ago\">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.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2019\/04\/david-frum-how-much-immigration-is-too-much\/583252\/\">If Lib\u00ader\u00adals Won\u2019t Enforce Bor\u00adders, Fas\u00adcists Will<\/a> (David Frum, The Atlantic): \u201cDem\u00ada\u00adgogues don\u2019t rise by talk\u00ading about irrel\u00ade\u00advant issues. Dem\u00ada\u00adgogues rise by talk\u00ading about issues that mat\u00adter to peo\u00adple, and that more con\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal lead\u00aders appear unwill\u00ading or unable to address: unem\u00adploy\u00adment in the 1930s, crime in the 1960s, mass immi\u00adgra\u00adtion now. Vot\u00aders get to decide what the country\u2019s prob\u00adlems are. Polit\u00adi\u00adcal elites have to devise solu\u00adtions to those prob\u00adlems. If dif\u00adfi\u00adcult issues go unad\u00addressed by respon\u00adsi\u00adble lead\u00aders, they will be exploit\u00aded by irre\u00adspon\u00adsi\u00adble ones.\u201d I high\u00adlight\u00aded a piece by Frum with a sim\u00adi\u00adlar theme back in<a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/10\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-175\"> issue 175<\/a>. This is a very thought\u00adful arti\u00adcle. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/03\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-194\">vol\u00adume 194<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-do-you-send-this-email\"><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\" id=\"disclaimer\"><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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