{"id":6958,"date":"2022-07-08T16:11:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T00:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6958"},"modified":"2022-07-08T16:11:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T00:11:56","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-358","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/07\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-358","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 358"},"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 358, a number whose base 3 representation ends in its base 7 representation. 358<sub>3<\/sub> is 111021, and 358<sub>7<\/sub> is&nbsp;1021.<\/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><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/03\/opinion\/economic-justice-culture-war.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Culture War That More Christians Should Be Fighting<\/a> (Tish Harrison Warren, New York Times): \u201cBut the people who debate the morality (or lack thereof) of Disney or Hobby Lobby rarely discuss how much paid time off these companies provide employees or whether they pay a living wage or what the wealth disparity is between their top and bottom earners or whether they have adequate maternity leave policies or how much a corporation financially gives back to a community.\u201d Recommended by a student.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/the-surprising-case-for-marrying-young\" target=\"_blank\">The Surprising Case for Marrying Young<\/a> (W. Bradford Wilcox, Institute for Family Studies): \u201cOur analyses indicate that religious men and women who married in their twenties without cohabiting first \u2014 a pattern which describes Joey and Samantha\u2019s path to the altar to a \u2018T\u2019 \u2014 have the lowest odds of divorce in America today.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jsomers.net\/i-should-have-loved-biology\/\" target=\"_blank\">I should have loved biology<\/a> (James Somers, personal blog): \u201cIn the textbooks, astonishing facts were presented without astonishment. Someone probably told me that every cell in my body has the same DNA. But no one shook me by the shoulders, saying how crazy that&nbsp;was.\u201d<\/li><li>Concerning abortion and the Supreme Court:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2022\/07\/christians-should-rejoice-over-dobbs\" target=\"_blank\">Christians Should Rejoice Over Dobbs<\/a> (Carl Trueman, First Things): \u201cNobody of whom I am aware, for example, regards the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945 as a morally ambiguous thing. No child freed that day was particularly concerned that his liberators were members of the Red Army, acting on Stalin\u2019s orders. Yet the Red Army was engaged in a military action that, in the long term, would lead to the notorious Iron Curtain dividing Europe. Nobody regards the fall of Hitler as a morally ambiguous thing, even though it was only made possible by the Americans and the British striking a deal with Joseph Stalin. Yes, Trump is obnoxious, but he isn\u2019t Stalin, and he did deliver on the abortion issue. <em>Dobbs<\/em> is a moment for&nbsp;joy.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2022\/07\/06\/heres_the_surprising_backstory_of_the_downfall_of_roe_v_wade_840882.html\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s the Surprising Backstory of the Downfall of Roe v. Wade<\/a> (Mark Hemingway, Real Clear Investigations): \u201c\u2026conservative activists have long argued the pro-life movement was a moral cause on par with the civil rights movement \u2013 and ignoring the strategies commonly used to get the Supreme Court\u2019s attention would amount to unilateral disarmament in a lot of important legal battles.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/roe-supreme-court-justices-1378046\/\" target=\"_blank\">SCOTUS Justices \u2018Prayed With\u2019 Her \u2014 Then Cited Her Bosses to End Roe<\/a> (Kara Voght &amp; Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone): \u201cIn the shadow of the high court, across the street from its chambers, sits a cluster of unassuming row houses known only to the initiated as \u2018Ministry Row.\u2019 The strip is host to evangelical political groups that have spent the past several decades pushing Beltway conservatives to embrace the religious right\u2019s political causes\u2026\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/04\/opinion\/ectopic-pregnancy-roe-abortion.html\" target=\"_blank\">In a Post-Roe World, We Can Avoid Pitting Mothers Against Babies<\/a> (Leah Libresco Sargeant, New York Times): \u201cThe first person to see us was another ultrasound technician. Her voice got sharp when I asked if our baby had a heartbeat. \u2018It\u2019s not a baby, don\u2019t talk like that,\u2019 she told me, as I lay on the table. Her voice softened a little, \u2018You don\u2019t have to think of it that way.\u2019 For her, part of providing care was denying there was any room for grief. But when the surgeon came in, he began by expressing his condolences. He talked about our options, he talked about our baby as a&nbsp;baby.\u201d<\/li><li>There\u2019s a follow-up at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/otherfeminisms.substack.com\/p\/my-ectopic-pregnancies\" target=\"_blank\">My Ectopic Pregnancies<\/a> (Leah Libresco Sargeant, Substack): \u201cI wanted to write about Camillian to describe not just what is <em>allowed<\/em> but what can be <em>offered<\/em> to parents who are losing their child when the doctors acknowledge their child as a child, rather than minimizing their loss.\u201d This one is a sad reminder of how cruel people can&nbsp;be.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2022\/7\/5\/angry-about-roe-many-journalists-focus-on-crisis-pregnancy-centers-as-villains-behind-it-all\" target=\"_blank\">Angry about Roe, many journalists focus on crisis pregnancy centers as villains behind it all<\/a> (Julia Duin, GetReligion): \u201cLike, the CPCs have outwitted the abortion clinics when it comes to figuring out what many pregnant women really want and it\u2019s clear the abortion facilities have suffered financial losses as a result. How about asking people at the latter hard questions about the clients they\u2019ve lost to the CPCs and whose bad marketing decision that was? Hint: It might have to do with the free ultrasounds offered by the CPCs. Offering this service was a trend that began a decade or more ago and it really cried out for coverage. But, you know. That wasn\u2019t news.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/03\/us\/pro-life-young-women-roe-abortion.html?smid=tw-share\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018The Pro-Life Generation\u2019: Young Women Fight Against Abortion Rights<\/a> (Ruth Graham, New York Times): \u201cYoung women whose activism is not connected to religious belief are relative newcomers to the movement, where they make up a small but boisterous niche. Kristin Turner started a chapter of a youth climate group in her hometown, Redding, Calif. Her Instagram bio includes her pronouns (she\/they) and support for Black Lives Matter. She describes herself as a feminist, an atheist and a leftist. At 20, she is also the communications director for Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, whose goals include educating the public about \u2018the exploitative influence of the Abortion Industrial Complex through an anti-capitalist lens.\u2019\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/03\/opinion\/economic-justice-culture-war.html\" target=\"_blank\">Seeing Like a Finite State Machine<\/a> (Henry Farrell, Crooked Timber): \u201cIn short, there is a very plausible set of mechanisms under which machine learning and related techniques may turn out to be a disaster for authoritarianism, reinforcing its weaknesses rather than its strengths, by increasing its tendency to bad decision making, and reducing further the possibility of negative feedback that could help correct against errors.\u201d The author is a political scientist at Johns Hopkins and I hope he is correct.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.news\/p\/why-im-giving-up-tenure-at-ucla\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.news\/p\/why-im-giving-up-tenure-at-ucla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why I\u2019m Giving Up Tenure at UCLA<\/a> (Joseph Manson, Bari Weiss\u2019s Substack): \u201cGradually, one hire at a time, practitioners of \u2018critical\u2019 (i.e. leftist, postmodernist) anthropology, some of them lying about their beliefs during job interviews, came to comprise the department\u2019s most influential clique. These militant faculty members recruited even more militant graduate students to work with&nbsp;them.\u201d<\/li><li>Transgender-related:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/transformation-transgender-teen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Transformation of a Transgender Teen<\/a> (Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Gospel Coalition): \u201cMartin Luther King Jr. talks about the long arc of justice,\u201d said Falls Church Anglican rector Sam Ferguson, who has spent time with multiple transitioning young adults and their families. \u201cThe Bible also envisions the long arc of redemption, which aims at the resurrection of the body. There is continuity\u2014the end reflects the beginning. Our Creator doesn\u2019t need to start over. If your child has an XY chromosome, then he\u2019ll be raised from the dead as a male. We need to work along the arc of redemption, not against it.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2022\/07\/07\/pronouns-and-cases-involving-transgender-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pronouns and Cases Involving Transgender Parties<\/a> (Eugene Volokh, Reason): \u201cFor a bit of the factual backstory, which may be relevant because it may illustrate how use of pronouns might color readers\u2019 perspective: Petitioner C.G. was found to have sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy (whom the opinion calls Alan, a pseudonym) who had been \u2018diagnosed with autism\u2019 and who was apparently working in school at three grades below his age level. At the time, C.G., who was 15 and who would a year later be 300\u2013345 pounds and 6\u20194\u201d or 6\u20325\u2033, was apparently perceived by people, or at least by Alan, as male.\u201d For a little more on the case: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2022\/07\/07\/no-first-amendment-right-to-legal-name-change\/\" target=\"_blank\">No First Amendment Right to Legal Name Change<\/a> (Eugene Volokh, Reason).<\/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.thefarside.com\/2022\/07\/07\/4\" target=\"_blank\">Uh oh!<\/a> (The Far&nbsp;Side)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/study-finds-92-of-californians-who-flee-the-state-dont-survive-first-winter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Study Finds 92% Of Californians Who Flee The State Don\u2019t Survive First Winter<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2022\/07\/08\/0\" target=\"_blank\">A Classic<\/a> (The Far&nbsp;Side)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=noSIX6TqoVU\" target=\"_blank\">Magician Dan White Proves Fate Really Exists<\/a> (The Tonight Show, YouTube): ten and a half minutes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YmyyEbvDgr8\" target=\"_blank\">Frightening But 100% True Facts About Guns<\/a> (Babylon Bee, YouTube): four minutes. The first part is the funniest, it drags a little at the&nbsp;end.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/07\/humility-tweet-self-promotion\/661444\/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">Truly Humbled to Be the Author of This Article<\/a> (David Brooks, The Atlantic): \u201cIf you\u2019ve spent any time on social media, and especially if you\u2019re around the high-status world of the achievatrons, you are probably familiar with the basic rules of the form. The first rule is that you must never tweet about any event that could actually lead to humility. Never tweet: \u2018I\u2019m humbled that I went to a party, and nobody noticed me.\u2019 Never tweet: \u2018I\u2019m humbled that I got fired for incompetence.\u2019 The whole point of humility display is to signal that you are humbled by your own magnificent accomplishments. We can all be humbled by an awesome mountain or the infinitude of the night sky, but to be humbled by being in the presence of yourself\u2014that is a sign of truly great humility.\u201d<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sivers.org\/richand\" target=\"_blank\">How I Got Rich On The Other Hand<\/a> (Derek Sivers, personal blog): \u201cIt\u2019s not how much you have. <strong>It\u2019s the difference between what you have and what you spend. <\/strong>If you have more than you spend, you\u2019re rich. If you spend more than you have, you\u2019re not. If you live cheaply, it\u2019s easy to be free.\u201d This is really simple and really true. Emphasis in the original. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/11\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-226\" target=\"_blank\">volume 226<\/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:\/\/theglendavis.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. This is volume 358, a number whose base 3 representation ends in its base 7 representation. 3583 is 111021, \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/07\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-358\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 358\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Lots of fascinating stuff, including why AI systems might be bad for China's government and ruminations on why biology is amazing.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[121,131,219,125,128,159,113,112,176,132],"class_list":["post-6958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-abortion","tag-academia","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-china","tag-economics","tag-justice","tag-lgbtq","tag-marriage","tag-science","tag-supreme-court"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Oe","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6958"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6961,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6958\/revisions\/6961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}