{"id":6835,"date":"2022-02-18T18:26:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T02:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6835"},"modified":"2022-02-18T18:34:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T02:34:46","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-339","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/02\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-339","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 339"},"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 339, which is 3 \u00b7 113. I like num\u00adbers with only two fac\u00adtors (tech\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adly four, but you know what I mean \u2014 two inter\u00adest\u00ading fac\u00adtors). They\u2019re the sil\u00adver medal\u00adists of the prime olympics. They almost made it, but no. <\/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:\/\/richardhanania.substack.com\/p\/womens-tears-win-in-the-marketplace?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NzI3Mjg1OSwiXyI6IldTSUZuIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ0MjQ0MzU4LCJleHAiOjE2NDQyNDc5NTgsImlzcyI6InB1Yi05ODEwMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.0n1vkx71eXQ9pEaReoCuc01Fym3SfuUm-nHQ9-DQb40\" target=\"_blank\">Wom\u00aden\u2019s Tears Win in the Mar\u00adket\u00adplace of Ideas<\/a> (Richard Hana\u00adnia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026the ways in which pub\u00adlic debate works when we take steps to make the most emo\u00adtion\u00adal and aggres\u00adsive women com\u00adfort\u00adable have been over\u00adlooked. Things that we talk about as involv\u00ading \u2018young peo\u00adple,\u2019 \u2018col\u00adlege stu\u00addents,\u2019 and \u2018lib\u00ader\u00adals\u2019 are often gen\u00addered issues.\u201d Long, provoca\u00adtive, and worth your time. <\/li><li>The Cana\u00addi\u00adan truck\u00aders:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theupheaval.substack.com\/p\/reality-honks-back?r=1ke0l\" target=\"_blank\">Real\u00adi\u00adty Honks Back<\/a> (NS Lyons, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cFor our pur\u00adpos\u00ades here, let\u2019s call these two class\u00ades the Phys\u00adi\u00adcals and the Vir\u00adtu\u00adals, respec\u00adtive\u00adly.\u2026 That Trudeau\u2019s gov\u00adern\u00adment would choose to jet\u00adti\u00adson any remain\u00ading illu\u00adsion of Cana\u00adda still being a lib\u00ader\u00adal democ\u00adra\u00adcy just to harm their polit\u00adi\u00adcal class ene\u00admies isn\u2019t too sur\u00adpris\u00ading. It\u2019s their method of doing so that is par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly strik\u00ading: con\u00adtrol over dig\u00adi\u00adtal finan\u00adcial assets is pret\u00adty much the ulti\u00admate lever\u00adage now avail\u00adable to the Vir\u00adtu\u00adals. We should expect more use of this tool around the world any\u00adwhere the Phys\u00adi\u00adcals con\u00adtin\u00adue to revolt against their mas\u00adters. And here the Vir\u00adtu\u00adals have a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant advan\u00adtage because they are free to use the max\u00adi\u00admum lev\u00adel of coer\u00adcive force avail\u00adable in their nat\u00adur\u00adal domain, while the Phys\u00adi\u00adcals can\u00adnot \u2013 because, in the phys\u00adi\u00adcal world, that would mean vio\u00adlence, which is some\u00adthing the pro\u00adtes\u00adtors have right\u00adly for\u00adsworn.\u201d <ul><li>Full of insight. The Vir\u00adtu\u00adal vs Phys\u00adi\u00adcal fram\u00ading is get\u00adting at some\u00adthing I haven\u2019t seen dis\u00adcussed much else\u00adwhere.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/politics\/1010271\/the-plausible-dystopia-of-a-social-credit-system?utm_source=links&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">The plau\u00adsi\u00adble dystopia of a social cred\u00adit sys\u00adtem<\/a> (Damon Link\u00ader, The Week): \u201cFor a recent and espe\u00adcial\u00adly vivid exam\u00adple from a neigh\u00adbor\u00ading democ\u00adra\u00adcy, this week\u2019s dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion of a nation\u00adal emer\u00adgency in Cana\u00adda has empow\u00adered banks to freeze and sus\u00adpend the accounts of \u2018Free\u00addom Con\u00advoy\u2019 pro\u00adtest\u00aders with\u00adout a court order and while enjoy\u00ading pro\u00adtec\u00adtion from civ\u00adil lia\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty. That is pre\u00adcise\u00adly the kind of thing one would expect to see become nor\u00admal\u00adized with the impo\u00adsi\u00adtion of a social cred\u00adit sys\u00adtem. Add in facial recog\u00adni\u00adtion soft\u00adware that can iden\u00adti\u00adfy indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals attend\u00ading \u2018dan\u00adger\u00adous\u2019 protests and oth\u00ader pub\u00adlic events and we\u2019re left with a vision of the near-term future that can look pret\u00adty dystopi\u00adan.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/emilyoster.substack.com\/p\/lots-of-studies-are-bad?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0ODgxNzkzNiwiXyI6IkdBaFNQIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ1MTQ4OTMzLCJleHAiOjE2NDUxNTI1MzMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yOTc3MCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.I7-wPBURcicYX3FUQWtxTp3im2nOL1jeTgG5E1WlS2g&amp;utm_source=url\" target=\"_blank\">Lots of Stud\u00adies Are Bad<\/a> (Emi\u00adly Oster, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cMy point isn\u2019t that this paper is wrong in its con\u00adclu\u00adsions, just that it\u2019s large\u00adly unin\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtive. The authors begin with an inter\u00adest\u00ading graph show\u00ading a lim\u00adit\u00aded rela\u00adtion\u00adship between the strin\u00adgency of COVID restric\u00adtions and mor\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty. That deserved more study, but this paper isn\u2019t help\u00ading us under\u00adstand it much.\u201d<ul><li>Emi\u00adly Oster, an econ\u00ado\u00admist at Brown, is not impressed with the Johns Hop\u00adkins study I shared ear\u00adli\u00ader (and offers a sim\u00adi\u00adlar cri\u00adtique of a pro-mask study).<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/jan\/27\/no-america-is-not-on-the-cusp-of-a-civil-war\" target=\"_blank\">No, Amer\u00adi\u00adca is not on the brink of a civ\u00adil war<\/a> (Musa al-Ghar\u00adbi, The Guardian): \u201cOf course, a far more obvi\u00adous and empir\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly plau\u00adsi\u00adble expla\u00adna\u00adtion is that respon\u00addents knew per\u00adfect\u00adly well what the cor\u00adrect answer was. How\u00adev\u00ader, they also had a sense of how that answer would be used in the media (\u2018Even Trump\u2019s sup\u00adport\u00aders don\u2019t believe his non\u00adsense!\u2019), so they sim\u00adply declined to give poll\u00adsters the response they seemed to be look\u00ading for. As a mat\u00adter of fact, respon\u00addents reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly troll researchers in polling and sur\u00adveys \u2013 <em>espe\u00adcial\u00adly <\/em>when they are asked whether or not they sub\u00adscribe to absurd or fringe beliefs, such as birtherism (a con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy that held that Barack Oba\u00adma was born out\u00adside of the US and was legal\u00adly inel\u00adi\u00adgi\u00adble to serve as pres\u00adi\u00addent of the Unit\u00aded States).\u201d<ul><li>The author is a soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at Colum\u00adbia. The arti\u00adcle is a few weeks old but quite good and not par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly time-sen\u00adsi\u00adtive.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/the-seeds-of-political-violence-are?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0ODY3MDEzNywiXyI6Ilp3NCs2IiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ0NzYyNTkzLCJleHAiOjE2NDQ3NjYxOTMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.4W5VJEHsugEeKSN6OwI3mMF7V8DEUFUcZfWA03DoA2U\" target=\"_blank\">The Seeds of Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Vio\u00adlence Are Being Sown in Church<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cPen\u00adte\u00adcostal Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty,&nbsp;despite its immense size, is about as far from elite Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cul\u00adture as Mer\u00adcury is from Mars. And this means it\u2019s quite dis\u00adtant from elite&nbsp;<em>Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal<\/em>&nbsp;cul\u00adture as well. Right-wing blue-check the\u00adolo\u00adgians and pas\u00adtors who speak dis\u00addain\u00adful\u00adly of warn\u00adings about Chris\u00adt\u00adian nation\u00adal\u00adism because it\u2019s not some\u00adthing&nbsp;<em>they<\/em>&nbsp;see in<em>&nbsp;their&nbsp;<\/em>church\u00ades nev\u00ader dark\u00aden the door of a Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal church.\u201d I think French gets it a lit\u00adtle wrong here (there is an impor\u00adtant dis\u00adtinc\u00adtion between Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal and charis\u00admat\u00adic church\u00ades, and even more sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant\u00adly between denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal and non\u00adde\u00adnom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal ones). Still, French used to be an Assem\u00adblies of God youth pas\u00adtor(!) and so he is not speak\u00ading of some\u00adthing he does\u00adn\u2019t under\u00adstand. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/02\/why-does-the-us-make-it-so-hard-to-be-a-doctor\/622065\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Amer\u00adi\u00adca Has So Few Doc\u00adtors<\/a> (Derek Thomp\u00adson, The Atlantic): \u201cImag\u00adine you were plan\u00adning a con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy to lim\u00adit the num\u00adber of doc\u00adtors in Amer\u00adi\u00adca. Cer\u00adtain\u00adly, you\u2019d make sure to have a cost\u00adly, lengthy cre\u00adden\u00adtial\u00ading sys\u00adtem. You would also tell politi\u00adcians that Amer\u00adi\u00adca has too many doc\u00adtors already. That way, you could pur\u00adpose\u00adful\u00adly con\u00adstrain the num\u00adber of med\u00adical-school stu\u00addents. You might freeze or slash fund\u00ading for res\u00adi\u00adden\u00adcies and med\u00adical schol\u00adar\u00adships. You\u2019d fight pro\u00adpos\u00adals to allow nurs\u00ades to do the work of physi\u00adcians. And because none of this would stop for\u00adeign-trained doc\u00adtors from slip\u00adping into the coun\u00adtry and com\u00admit\u00adting the crime of help\u00ading sick peo\u00adple get bet\u00adter, you\u2019d throw in some rules that made it oner\u00adous for immi\u00adgrant doc\u00adtors, espe\u00adcial\u00adly from neigh\u00adbor\u00ading coun\u00adtries Mex\u00adi\u00adco and Cana\u00adda, to do their job.\u201d The orig\u00adi\u00adnal title was bet\u00adter: Why Does the US Make it so Hard to be a Doc\u00adtor?<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-do-students-beliefs-about-god-have-to-do-with-grades-and-going-to-college-172748\" target=\"_blank\">What do stu\u00addents\u2019 beliefs about God have to do with grades and going to&nbsp;col\u00adlege<\/a>? (Ilana Hor\u00adwitz, The Con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion): \u201cIn inter\u00adviews, reli\u00adgious teens over and over men\u00adtion life goals of par\u00adent\u00adhood, altru\u00adism and serv\u00ading God \u2013 pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adties that I argue make them less intent on attend\u00ading as high\u00adly selec\u00adtive a col\u00adlege as they could. This aligns with pre\u00advi\u00adous research show\u00ading that con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Protes\u00adtant women attend col\u00adleges that less selec\u00adtive than oth\u00ader women do because they do not tend to view college\u2019s main pur\u00adpose as career advance\u00adment.\u201d<ul><li>The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Jew\u00adish stud\u00adies at Tulane Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. Over\u00adall inter\u00adest\u00ading, although she does\u00adn\u2019t com\u00adment on two fac\u00adtors which I think are quite sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant: reli\u00adgious stu\u00addents often view selec\u00adtive col\u00adleges as inim\u00adi\u00adcal to faith, and stu\u00addents are often torn between pres\u00adti\u00adgious col\u00adleges and less selec\u00adtive reli\u00adgious col\u00adleges (I have per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly spo\u00adken to sev\u00ader\u00adal Stan\u00adford stu\u00addents who were torn between Stan\u00adford and Wheaton).<\/li><li>Relat\u00aded? <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/12\/opinion\/marriage-career-goals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mar\u00adriage Made Me Let Go of My Dreams. Good.<\/a> (Esau McCaul\u00adley, New York Times): \u201cMany believe that the pur\u00adpose of mar\u00adriage is self-actu\u00adal\u00adiza\u00adtion. We find the part\u00adner who will come along\u00adside us and help us become what we have always dreamed we would be. Con\u00adverse\u00adly, we may think that a poten\u00adtial spouse who would get in the way of our dreams is the wrong per\u00adson for us. What if mar\u00adriage is meant to be some\u00adthing else?\u201d This is very good. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/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.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2022\/02\/13\" target=\"_blank\">Pret\u00adty Much<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2022\/02\/13\/nra-only-thing-that-stops-a-bad-cupid-with-a-bow-is-a-good-cupid-with-a-bow\/\" target=\"_blank\">NRA: \u201cOnly thing that stops a bad Cupid with a bow is a good Cupid with a bow\u201d<\/a> (Om Jaha\u00adgir\u00addar, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theonion.com\/super-bowl-confetti-made-entirely-from-shredded-concuss-1819591572\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl Con\u00adfet\u00adti Made Entire\u00adly From Shred\u00added Con\u00adcus\u00adsion Stud\u00adies<\/a> (The Onion)<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/edwardfeser.blogspot.com\/2019\/03\/artificial-intelligence-and-magical.html\" target=\"_blank\">Arti\u00adfi\u00adcial Intel\u00adli\u00adgence and Mag\u00adi\u00adcal Think\u00ading<\/a> (Ed Fes\u00ader, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cBuild\u00ading a com\u00adput\u00ader is pre\u00adcise\u00adly anal\u00ado\u00adgous to putting togeth\u00ader a bit of mag\u00adi\u00adcal sleight of hand. It is a clever exer\u00adcise in sim\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion, noth\u00ading more. And the <em>con\u00advinc\u00ading\u00adness <\/em>of the sim\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion is as com\u00adplete\u00adly irrel\u00ade\u00advant in the one case as it is in the oth\u00ader. Say\u00ading \u2018Gee, AI pro\u00adgrams can do such amaz\u00ading things. Maybe it real\u00adly <em>is <\/em>intel\u00adli\u00adgence!\u2019 is like say\u00ading \u2018Gee, Penn and Teller do such amaz\u00ading things. Maybe it real\u00adly <em>is <\/em>mag\u00adic!\u2019\u201d Fes\u00ader is one of my favorite philoso\u00adphers. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/04\/05\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-197\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 197<\/a>. I remem\u00adber one CS grad stu\u00addent strong\u00adly dis\u00adlik\u00ading this arti\u00adcle when I first shared. I share it again regard\u00adless<\/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). 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