{"id":6910,"date":"2022-06-03T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T22:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6910"},"modified":"2022-06-03T14:29:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T22:29:00","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-353","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/06\/03\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-353","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 353"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/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

This is vol\u00adume 353, the 71st<\/sup> prime num\u00adber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. I saw this gem on Twit\u00adter<\/a>: \u201cI don\u2019t wish to sound apoc\u00ada\u00adlyp\u00adtic about this, but one has the sense that at present our soci\u00adety is simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by wild\u00adly dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty for triv\u00adial trans\u00adgres\u00adsions and zero account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty for pro\u00adfound insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal fail\u00adure.\u201d (<\/a>David Polan\u00adsky, co-founder of LinkedIn)<\/li>
  2. The Rob\u00adber Baroness of North\u00adern Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia<\/a> (Maia Sil\u00adber, New York\u00ader): \u201cThe university\u2019s most vital pur\u00adpose, Stan\u00adford explained in an address to its Board of Trustees a few years after her husband\u2019s death, was the devel\u00adop\u00adment of the student\u2019s \u2018soul germ.\u2019 She urged the trustees to eschew class\u00adrooms in favor of shops and work\u00adshops that would \u2018dig\u00adni\u00adfy labor\u2019 by teach\u00ading future work\u00aders to \u2018use their hands deft\u00adly and use\u00adful\u00adly.\u2019 Stan\u00adford believed that, in addi\u00adtion to pro\u00advid\u00ading voca\u00adtion\u00adal train\u00ading, the uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty should incul\u00adcate the val\u00adues of faith, thrift, and absti\u00adnence of var\u00adi\u00adous kinds. She and her hus\u00adband banned alco\u00adhol from the dor\u00admi\u00adto\u00adries and capped the num\u00adber of women under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adates at five hun\u00addred.\u201d<\/li>
  3. 78 Min\u00adutes<\/a> (Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Bru\u00adenig, The Atlantic): \u201cI know it\u2019s a sta\u00adtis\u00adti\u00adcal anom\u00adaly. I know it almost nev\u00ader hap\u00adpens. I know there are a mil\u00adlion things I wor\u00adry less about that hap\u00adpen with greater reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty and worse effects; but those things are unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate<\/em>, and this is evil<\/em>. Mis\u00adfor\u00adtune is awful, but this was some\u00adthing worse. This was tor\u00adture. This was cru\u00adel. This was inten\u00adtion\u00adal. The dis\u00adtinc\u00adtion mat\u00adters.\u201d<\/li>
  4. How did the IR com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty get Russia\/Ukraine so wrong?<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cThe IR com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty is risk-averse, and pre\u00adserv\u00ading of its aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtions, and thus its mem\u00adbers are less will\u00ading to make bold pre\u00addic\u00adtions than say pun\u00addits are. You might even think that is good, all things con\u00adsid\u00adered, but it will help explain the missed pre\u00addic\u00adtions here.\u201d Many inter\u00adest\u00ading con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions, fol\u00adlow-up at Data on IR schol\u00adars and their views on Russia\/Ukraine<\/a>.<\/li>
  5. Born This Way? The Rise of LGBT as a Social and Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Iden\u00adti\u00adty<\/a> (Eric Kauf\u00admann, CSPI): \u201cThe youth\u00adful surge is main\u00adly about LGBT iden\u00adti\u00adty, with con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adably less change in sex\u00adu\u00adal behav\u00adior. The rise is great\u00adest for bisex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty, espe\u00adcial\u00adly among females, with less change for gays and les\u00adbians. The growth in LGBT iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion shows no signs of slow\u00ading down among the young, but there is com\u00adpelling evi\u00addence that gen\u00adder non\u00adcon\u00adfor\u00admi\u00adty peaked around 2020 and declined in 2021. It appears less preva\u00adlent among teenagers than those in their ear\u00adly twen\u00adties.\u201d Plus a fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading Twit\u00adter thread by the author<\/a> high\u00adlight\u00ading key details \u2014 so much data in this piece to con\u00adtem\u00adplate. Spicy through\u00adout.<\/li>
  6. The Pope\u2019s Secret Back Chan\u00adnel to Hitler<\/a> (David Kertzer, The Atlantic): \u201cAs the head of a large inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion, his over\u00adrid\u00ading aim in nego\u00adti\u00ada\u00adtions with Hitler\u2019s emis\u00adsary was pro\u00adtect\u00ading the insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal resources and pre\u00adrog\u00ada\u00adtives of the Roman Catholic Church in the Third Reich. If the only goal was to pro\u00adtect the wel\u00adfare of the insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal Church, his efforts could well be judged a suc\u00adcess. But for those who see the papa\u00adcy as a posi\u00adtion of great moral lead\u00ader\u00adship, the rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtions of Pius XII\u2019s secret nego\u00adti\u00ada\u00adtions with Hitler must come as a sharp dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00adment.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li>
  7. We Need to Com\u00adpli\u00adcate the Neg\u00ada\u00adtive World<\/a> (Trevin Wax, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201c\u2026tak\u00ading a stand for true Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty has always been cost\u00adly<\/em>. Chris\u00adt\u00adian min\u00adis\u00adters lost their jobs in the 1960s for doing noth\u00ading more than allow\u00ading African Amer\u00adi\u00adcans to attend wor\u00adship! In some way or anoth\u00ader, we\u2019ve been in the neg\u00ada\u00adtive world since the time of the New Tes\u00adta\u00adment, but the form of that hos\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty toward the faith changes depend\u00ading on the place and the era. And the opportunities\u2014where soci\u00adety smiles on aspects of Christianity\u2014change too. We live in pos\u00adi\u00adtive, neu\u00adtral, and neg\u00ada\u00adtive worlds simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly<\/em>, depend\u00ading on the issue.\u201cThis is quite good.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n