{"id":6952,"date":"2022-07-01T18:20:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T02:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6952"},"modified":"2022-07-01T19:02:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T03:02:35","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-357","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/07\/01\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-357","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 357"},"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\">357 is an idoneal num\u00adber, only 65 of which are known to exist (and there are at most 2 more). A num\u00adber is idoneal if there is no way to write it as ab+bc+ac where a, b and c are all dif\u00adfer\u00adent pos\u00adi\u00adtive num\u00adbers. I did\u00adn\u2019t know idoneal num\u00adbers exist\u00aded until today. Here\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mast.queensu.ca\/~kani\/papers\/idoneal-f.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mast.queensu.ca\/~kani\/papers\/idoneal-f.pdf\">paper about them<\/a>.<\/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>AI Relat\u00aded Arti\u00adcles (Inter\u00adest\u00ading and Ter\u00adri\u00adfy\u00ading)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/philosophybear.substack.com\/p\/gpt-3-is-right-now-already-more-than\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/philosophybear.substack.com\/p\/gpt-3-is-right-now-already-more-than\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GPT\u20113 is \u2011right now- already more than capa\u00adble of enabling stu\u00addent pla\u00adgia\u00adrism<\/a> (anony\u00admous, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI can\u00adnot empha\u00adsize enough that this is not \u2018some\u00adtime vague\u00adly in the next five years\u2019, nor is it \u2018acces\u00adsi\u00adble only to stu\u00addents with a back\u00adground in comp sci\u2019. It\u2019s a 6 cents per thou\u00adsand words pla\u00adgia\u00adrism ser\u00advice avail\u00adable to every\u00adone right now.\u2026 One idea- play around with your own ques\u00adtions before assign\u00ading them to stu\u00addents and make sure GPT\u20113 has trou\u00adble answer\u00ading them.\u201d This is actu\u00adal\u00adly quite stun\u00adning.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1onxri0duN0\" target=\"_blank\">AI Wrote and Per\u00adformed a Jer\u00adry Sein\u00adfeld Rou\u00adtine<\/a> (YouTube): one minute. GPT\u20113 wrote a Jer\u00adry Sein\u00adfeld joke and this YouTube chan\u00adnel did a deep\u00adfake of his voice deliv\u00ader\u00ading it. Not per\u00adfect\u2026 but sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly good.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kgCUn4fQTsc\" target=\"_blank\">Google Engi\u00adneer on His Sen\u00adtient AI Claim<\/a> (Bloomberg Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy, YouTube): ten min\u00adutes. This is, to be clear, a dif\u00adfer\u00adent AI sys\u00adtem than GPT\u20113.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/25\/technology\/china-surveillance-police.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018An Invis\u00adi\u00adble Cage\u2019: How Chi\u00adna Is Polic\u00ading the Future<\/a> (Paul Mozur, Muyi Xiao &amp; John Liu, New York Times): \u201cThe lat\u00adest gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy digs through the vast amounts of data col\u00adlect\u00aded on their dai\u00adly activ\u00adi\u00adties to find pat\u00adterns and aber\u00adra\u00adtions, promis\u00ading to <strong>pre\u00addict crimes or protests before they hap\u00adpen.<\/strong> They tar\u00adget poten\u00adtial trou\u00adble\u00admak\u00aders in the eyes of the Chi\u00adnese gov\u00adern\u00adment \u2014 not only those with a crim\u00adi\u00adnal past but also vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble groups, includ\u00ading eth\u00adnic minori\u00adties, migrant work\u00aders and those with a his\u00adto\u00adry of men\u00adtal ill\u00adness. They can warn the police if a vic\u00adtim of a fraud tries to trav\u00adel to Bei\u00adjing to peti\u00adtion the gov\u00adern\u00adment for pay\u00adment or a drug user makes too many calls to the same num\u00adber. They can sig\u00adnal offi\u00adcers each time a per\u00adson with a his\u00adto\u00adry of men\u00adtal ill\u00adness gets near a school.\u201d Empha\u00adsis added.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/27\/health\/marijuana-emergencies-hospitalization-study-wellness\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Weed users near\u00adly 25% more like\u00adly to need emer\u00adgency care and hos\u00adpi\u00adtal\u00adiza\u00adtion<\/a> (Sandee LaM\u00adotte, CNN): \u201cWhen com\u00adpared with peo\u00adple who did not use mar\u00adi\u00adjua\u00adna, cannabis users were 22% more like\u00adly to vis\u00adit an emer\u00adgency depart\u00adment or be hos\u00adpi\u00adtal\u00adized, the study revealed. The find\u00ading held true even after adjust\u00ading the analy\u00adsis for over 30 oth\u00ader con\u00adfound\u00ading fac\u00adtors, includ\u00ading oth\u00ader illic\u00adit drug use, alco\u00adhol use and tobac\u00adco smok\u00ading.\u201d<\/li><li>Some Supreme Court arti\u00adcles:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/30\/opinion\/dobbs-mcconnell-supreme-court.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dobbs Is Not the Only Rea\u00adson to Ques\u00adtion the Legit\u00adi\u00adma\u00adcy of the Supreme Court<\/a> (Ezra Klein, New York Times): \u201cOur polit\u00adi\u00adcal sys\u00adtem is not designed for polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adties this dif\u00adfer\u00adent, and this antag\u00ado\u00adnis\u00adtic. It wasn\u2019t designed for polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adties at all. The three branch\u00ades of our sys\u00adtem were intend\u00aded to check each oth\u00ader through com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion. Instead, par\u00adties com\u00adpete and coop\u00ader\u00adate across branch\u00ades, and pow\u00ader in one can be used to build pow\u00ader in anoth\u00ader \u2014 as McConnell well under\u00adstood.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/25\/opinion\/roe-abortion-politics.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\">The End of Roe Is Just the Begin\u00adning<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201c\u2026any con\u00adfi\u00addent pre\u00addic\u00adtion about this ruling\u2019s con\u00adse\u00adquences is prob\u00ada\u00adbly a fool\u00adish one. There can be no cer\u00adtain\u00adty about the future of abor\u00adtion pol\u00adi\u00adtics because for almost 50 years all pol\u00adi\u00adcy debates have been over\u00adshad\u00adowed by judi\u00adcial con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsy, and only now are we about to find out what the con\u00adtest real\u00adly looks like. It\u2019s mere\u00adly the end of the begin\u00adning; the true end, in what\u00adev\u00ader set\u00adtle\u00adment or vic\u00adto\u00adry, lies ahead.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2022\/06\/28\/after-dobbs-married-women-keeping-their-names-regains-political-meaning\/\" target=\"_blank\">After Dobbs, mar\u00adried women keep\u00ading their sur\u00adnames regains polit\u00adi\u00adcal mean\u00ading<\/a> (Kim\u00adber\u00adly A. Ham\u00adlin, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cToday, sur\u00adveys esti\u00admate that between 10 per\u00adcent and 20 per\u00adcent of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan women keep their maid\u00aden names, though the per\u00adcent\u00adage is high\u00ader for women with advanced degrees and those who mar\u00adry lat\u00ader in life. Debates about sur\u00adnames are, in essence, debates about women\u2019s auton\u00ado\u00admy. Do we regard women as indi\u00advid\u00adual cit\u00adi\u00adzens or, pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly, as wives and moth\u00aders?\u201d The author is a his\u00adto\u00adry pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Mia\u00admi Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty (in Ohio).<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/betonit.substack.com\/p\/vouchers-for-religious-schools-dont?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">Vouch\u00aders for Reli\u00adgious Schools Don\u2019t Threat\u00aden the Sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion of Church and State<\/a> (Chris Freiman, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cCrit\u00adics of vouch\u00aders fail to dis\u00adtin\u00adguish between a direct sub\u00adsidy for reli\u00adgion and a tax-fund\u00aded enti\u00adtle\u00adment dis\u00adtrib\u00aduted to cit\u00adi\u00adzens who may use that enti\u00adtle\u00adment for reli\u00adgious pur\u00adpos\u00ades.\u2026 Cit\u00adi\u00adzens should be free to use school vouch\u00aders for pri\u00advate reli\u00adgious edu\u00adca\u00adtion because every\u00adone should be free to use their state-sup\u00adplied resources to pur\u00adsue their own good in their own way, whether their good is reli\u00adgious or not.\u201d The author is a phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at William &amp; Mary. This is pithy and well argued.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2022\/6\/27\/23184848\/supreme-court-kennedy-bremerton-school-football-coach-prayer-neil-gorsuch\" target=\"_blank\">The Supreme Court hands the reli\u00adgious right a big vic\u00adto\u00adry by lying about the facts of a case<\/a> (Ian Mill\u00adhis\u00ader, Vox): \u201c<em>Kennedy<\/em> will no doubt inspire oth\u00ader teach\u00aders and coach\u00ades to behave sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adly to Coach Kennedy, but those teach\u00aders and coach\u00ades will do so at their own per\u00adil. Gorsuch\u2019s opin\u00adion doesn\u2019t weigh whether a coach is allowed to do what Kennedy actu\u00adal\u00adly did. That remains an open ques\u00adtion, because the Court did not actu\u00adal\u00adly decide that case.\u201d A while ago I men\u00adtioned that Mill\u00adhis\u00ader often has a hard time under\u00adstand\u00ading those he dis\u00adagrees with or por\u00adtray\u00ading them sym\u00adpa\u00adthet\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly. I give you exhib\u00adit A.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/bench-memos\/courts-excellent-ruling-in-coach-kennedy-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">Court\u2019s Excel\u00adlent Rul\u00ading in Coach Kennedy Case<\/a> (Ed Whe\u00adlan, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cThe school dis\u00adtrict dis\u00adci\u00adplined him <em>only<\/em> for his deci\u00adsion to per\u00adsist in pray\u00ading qui\u00adet\u00adly with\u00adout his play\u00aders after three games in 2015. It sought to restrict his actions at least in part because of their reli\u00adgious char\u00adac\u00adter. Its poli\u00adcies were not neu\u00adtral toward reli\u00adgion. Nor were they gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly applic\u00ada\u00adble: In response to Kennedy\u2019s reli\u00adgious exer\u00adcise, the dis\u00adtrict imposed on him a post-game oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to super\u00advise stu\u00addents that it did not impose on oth\u00ader mem\u00adbers of the coach\u00ading staff.\u201d You would not know any of these facts had you only read Mill\u00adhis\u00ader\u2019s arti\u00adcle.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2022\/06\/28\/justice-thomas-and-loving-v-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jus\u00adtice Thomas and Lov\u00ading v. Vir\u00adginia<\/a> (Josh Black\u00adman, Rea\u00adson): \u201c\u2026<em>Lov\u00ading <\/em>was premised on both the Equal Pro\u00adtec\u00adtion Clause and the Due Process Clause. Even if you reject sub\u00adstan\u00adtive due process, you could still find that <em>Lov\u00ading<\/em> reached the cor\u00adrect result on the basis of the Equal Pro\u00adtec\u00adtion Clause. After all, the law lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly treats peo\u00adple dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly on the basis of their race. Two white peo\u00adple can get mar\u00adried, but a white per\u00adson and a black per\u00adson can\u00adnot. Even the most con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive jurists would deem such a law uncon\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/politico-axios-and-nbc-news-peddle-a-weird-smear-of-clarence-thomas\" target=\"_blank\">Politi\u00adco, Axios, and NBC News ped\u00addle a weird smear of Clarence Thomas<\/a> (Tim\u00ado\u00adthy P. Car\u00adney, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Exam\u00adin\u00ader): \u201cThomas didn\u2019t claim that the cells of abort\u00aded chil\u00addren are in the vac\u00adcines, but NBC News, <em>Politi\u00adco,<\/em> and <em>Axios<\/em> all wrote as if he did. They were dead wrong on an eas\u00adi\u00adly check\u00adable fact. How did this hap\u00adpen? How did three out\u00adlets all \u2018fact check\u2019 a claim Thomas nev\u00ader made, imply\u00ading or stat\u00ading that he did make it?\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/the-cathedral-versus-yeshiva-religious-liberty\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Cathe\u00addral Vs. Yeshi\u00adva<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cHow will\u00adful\u00adly blind do you have to be to say that Yeshi\u00adva is not a reli\u00adgious insti\u00adtu\u00adtion? Some\u00adthing tells me that the judge had her mind made up before the first argu\u00adments were heard. Anoth\u00ader thing that ticks me off is that LGBT rights are wide\u00adly accept\u00aded and cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00aded in near\u00adly every col\u00adlege and uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty in this land. Yeshi\u00adva is one of a rel\u00ada\u00adtive hand\u00adful of insti\u00adtu\u00adtions of high\u00ader edu\u00adca\u00adtion where peo\u00adple who choose to attend do not have to vio\u00adlate their reli\u00adgious con\u00adsciences by burn\u00ading a pinch of incense to the LGBT Cae\u00adsar. But the Grand Inquisi\u00adtors of the new reli\u00adgion will not tol\u00ader\u00adate any dis\u00adsent. Their god is a jeal\u00adous god.\u201d The updates at the end are worth read\u00ading.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/disinformationchronicle.substack.com\/p\/a-candid-conversation-with-reporter\" target=\"_blank\">A Can\u00addid Con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion with Reporter Jeanne Lenz\u00ader on Uncov\u00ader\u00ading Cor\u00adpo\u00adrate Influ\u00adence in Med\u00adi\u00adcine and the Media for Over Two Decades<\/a> (Paul Thack\u00ader, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI called the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Heart Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion and found out that they were tak\u00ading Genen\u00adtech mon\u00adey, and when I asked them about any finan\u00adcial con\u00adflicts among their pan\u00adelists, they said, \u2018Oh, no, no, no. When we put peo\u00adple on a pan\u00adel, we insist on finan\u00adcial dis\u00adclo\u00adsure.\u2019 I said, \u2018Fine, would you send me those dis\u00adclo\u00adsures?\u2019 They said, \u2018We don\u2019t dis\u00adclose dis\u00adclo\u00adsures.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<ul><li>Inter\u00adest\u00ading through\u00adout. From Aug 2021. Also, that excerpt is fun\u00adny.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/25\/technology\/china-surveillance-police.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\">Ire\u00adland\u2019s COVID Response, Part 4: The Def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion of Insan\u00adi\u00adty\u2026<\/a> (Sam Enwright, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe vac\u00adcines proved that our civil\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion is still capa\u00adble of great\u00adness on the scale of the Apol\u00adlo pro\u00adgram. Yet, can the aver\u00adage per\u00adson on the street even name a <em>sin\u00adgle<\/em> indi\u00advid\u00adual that designed and built them? This New York Times arti\u00adcle about Katal\u00adin Karik\u00f3, pio\u00adneer of mRNA tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy, is unbe\u00adliev\u00adably depress\u00ading. She spent decades on the fringes of acad\u00ade\u00admia strug\u00adgling to get research fund\u00ading or recog\u00adni\u00adtion. After Salk devel\u00adoped the polio vac\u00adcine, peo\u00adple par\u00adtied in the streets. Today, we get end\u00adless screeds about how \u2018tech can\u2019t save us\u2019 and Big Phar\u00adma is \u2018prof\u00adit\u00ading from pain\u2019. I\u2019m not say\u00ading there is no mer\u00adit to these com\u00adplaints. But a word of advice: before you crit\u00adi\u00adcise, go to where peo\u00adple are doing tru\u00adly extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary things, and observe. Lis\u00adten, for ye have much to learn.\u201d<ul><li>This is much bet\u00adter than the title might lead you to assume.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Acad\u00ade\u00admia<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lesswrong.com\/posts\/fJvjin8ETkzhFdadC\/accounting-for-college-costs?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">Account\u00ading For Col\u00adlege Costs<\/a> (John Went\u00adworth, Less Wrong): \u201cIn this post, we\u2019ll dig into the account\u00ading data for col\u00adlege costs, espe\u00adcial\u00adly for 4\u2011year pri\u00advate non\u00adprof\u00adit col\u00adleges. The main the\u00ado\u00adry we\u2019ll end up at, based on the account\u00ading data, is that col\u00adlege costs are dri\u00adven main\u00adly by a large increase in diver\u00adsi\u00adty of cours\u00ades avail\u00adable, which results in much low\u00ader student\/faculty ratios, and cor\u00adre\u00adspond\u00ading\u00adly high\u00ader costs per stu\u00addent.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cspicenter.com\/p\/its-time-to-review-the-institutional\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s Time to Review the Insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal Review Boards<\/a> (Willy Chert\u00adman, CSPI): \u201cInsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal Review Boards (IRBs) are ethics com\u00admit\u00adtees, ide\u00adal\u00adly com\u00adposed of sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic peers and lay com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty mem\u00adbers, that review research before it can be con\u00adduct\u00aded. Their osten\u00adsi\u00adble pur\u00adpose is to pro\u00adtect research sub\u00adjects from research harms. But often\u00adtimes, IRBs are cost\u00adly, slow, and do more harm than good. They cen\u00adsor con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial research, invent harms where none exist, and by des\u00adig\u00adnat\u00ading cer\u00adtain cat\u00ade\u00adgories of sub\u00adjects as \u2018vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble,\u2019 cause a cor\u00adre\u00adspond\u00ading dimin\u00adish\u00adment in research on those sub\u00adjects.\u201d<\/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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.danpink.com\/pinkcast\/pinkcast-4-24-5-surprising-tips-for-getting-the-most-out-of-your-trip-abroad\/?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">5 sur\u00adpris\u00ading tips for get\u00adting the most out of your trip abroad.<\/a> (Dan Pink, per\u00adson\u00adal web\u00adsite): two minute video<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/mathematics\" target=\"_blank\">Math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/god-feels-so-distant-says-man-who-hasnt-prayed-all-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018God Feels So Dis\u00adtant,\u2019 Says Man Who Has\u00adn\u2019t Prayed All Week<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li>It\u2019s that time of year: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/pastors-fire-and-brimstone-sermon-really-undermined-by-these-cutesy-vbs-decorations\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pas\u00adtor\u2019s Fire-And-Brim\u00adstone Ser\u00admon Real\u00adly Under\u00admined By These Cutesy VBS Dec\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtions<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/wimbledon-ball-boys-girls-dogs-27342135\" target=\"_blank\">Bid to replace Wim\u00adble\u00addon ball boys with dogs flopped as they did\u00adn\u2019t return them<\/a> (Jer\u00adry Law\u00adton, Dai\u00adly Star): \u201cClub coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtor Mar\u00adtin Schiller said though the dogs excelled at ball retrieval they under-per\u00adformed in oth\u00ader areas \u2014 includ\u00ading return\u00ading balls to the play\u00aders. He said the dogs love for ten\u00adnis balls proved a lit\u00adtle too strong as they were reluc\u00adtant to give the ball back.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2640\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Uni\u00adverse By Sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic Field<\/a> (xkcd) \u2014 false but fun\u00adny<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dwJotb4pf0w\" target=\"_blank\">Krys\u00adtal and Saa\u00adgar THROW DOWN Over Euro\u00adpean Lifestyle, Food<\/a> (Break\u00ading Points, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/c5kqtOo\" target=\"_blank\">Mak\u00ading a Great First Impres\u00adsion<\/a> (imgur): one minute video<\/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 hear\u00adkens back to the 90\u2019s, when polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00aden\u00adtist J. Budziszews\u00adki wrote two arti\u00adcles back-to-back for <em>First Things<\/em>,<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/1996\/03\/the-problem-with-liberalism\" target=\"_blank\"> The Prob\u00adlem With Lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism<\/a> and<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/1996\/04\/the-problem-with-conservatism\" target=\"_blank\"> The Prob\u00adlem With Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtivism<\/a>. I encour\u00adage you to read them both \u2014 espe\u00adcial\u00adly read the one that describes your team. (first shared in a non-Fri\u00adday blog post)<\/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:\/\/theglendavis.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>. 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