{"id":7013,"date":"2022-09-23T20:59:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T04:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7013"},"modified":"2022-09-23T20:59:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T04:59:05","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-369","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/09\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-369","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 369"},"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 post 369, which I like simply because 3+6=9.<\/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.piratewires.com\/p\/the-sugar-babies-of-stanford-university\" target=\"_blank\">The Sugar Babies of Stanford University<\/a>&nbsp;(Nicola Buskirk, Substack): \u201cBut decades after the unwinding of America\u2019s traditional sexual mores, no new morality has clearly emerged, and young people increasingly find themselves navigating a culture of sexual anarchy, in which \u2014 provided an act is consensual \u2014 there is no \u2018right\u2019 or \u2018wrong.\u2019 Such thinking has brought us inevitably to the rise of OnlyFans, the normalization of sex work, and the curious story of Stanford University\u2019s sugar babies.\u201d<ul><li>A curious story indeed!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.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.IJ2FGybjFPh7t8VVI-Mku69OXrENLt-9CwhqnzrVAdE?\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia Is Making Us More Political<\/a>&nbsp;(Samuel D. James, Substack): \u201cThere is simply no parallel to this with any other period of media history; the digital age is the very first to say that we should have access to a repository of a person\u2019s most controversial sentences, permanently accessible through their biographical data.\u2026 All of these examples amplify the role of politics in culture, by making partisan opinions a vital part of a person\u2019s biographical data. There is no distinction any more between the person who, through their vocational or personal choices,&nbsp;<em>decides<\/em>&nbsp;to become a political figure, and the person who is&nbsp;<em>perceived<\/em>&nbsp;as political. What we know about the one is pretty much what we know about the other. Thus, hyper-politicization of everything feels much more normal.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2022\/09\/07\/1121599445\/so-you-havent-caught-covid-yet-does-that-mean-youre-a-superdodger\" target=\"_blank\">So you haven\u2019t caught COVID yet. Does that mean you\u2019re a superdodger<\/a>? (Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR): \u201cYour immune response and these T cells fire up much more quickly [than in a person without the HLA mutation],\u201d Hollenbach says. \u201cSo for lack of a better term, you basically nuke the infection before you even start to have symptoms.\u2026 It\u2019s definitely luck,\u201d she says. \u201cBut, you know, this mutation is quite common. We estimate that maybe 1 in 10 people have it. And in people who are asymptomatic, that rises to 1 in&nbsp;5.\u201d<ul><li>Related: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.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._Si3yiRwv0HG5EW5u8uGGnQwzNg5-iJ2oH76Htrg2_M?\" target=\"_blank\">The COVID-19 pandemic feels over but is not actually over.<\/a>&nbsp;(Dan Drezner, Substack): \u201cFor the time being I will still mask at airports and on airplanes and occasionally in very large indoor gatherings. Other than that, I\u2019m done. I am vaccinated, boosted and had COVID-19 earlier this year, so the prospect of contracting it again seems both less likely and less scary. The thing is, I confess to being unsure whether I have made the right probability calculations.\u201d The author is a professor of international politics at&nbsp;Tufts.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/astralcodexten\/p\/why-is-the-central-valley-so-bad?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo3MzExMTEyNywiaWF0IjoxNjYzNzM2NTE0LCJleHAiOjE2NjYzMjg1MTQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04OTEyMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.wuaR8mpMuYEIpXF-GDoTphv9r6ubx9e2aNy39xLUiL4\" target=\"_blank\">Why Is The Central Valley So Bad?<\/a>&nbsp;(Scott Alexander, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cA short drive through [the Central Valley] is enough to notice poverty, decay, and homeless camps worse even than the rest of California. But I didn\u2019t realize how bad it was until reading&nbsp;this piece on the San Joaquin River. It claims that if the Central Valley were its own state, it would be the poorest in America, even worse than Mississippi. This was kind of shocking. I always think of Mississippi as bad because of a history of racial violence, racial segregation, and getting burned down during the Civil War. But the Central Valley has none of those things, plus it has extremely fertile farmland, plus it\u2019s in one of the richest states of the country and should at least get good subsidies and infrastructure. How did it get so&nbsp;bad?\u201d<\/li><li>Coverage of churches:<ul><li>Doug Wilson in&nbsp;Idaho:<ol><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bDk8w-LNxHk\" target=\"_blank\">Pastor Seeks To Make Moscow, Idaho A \u2018Christian Town\u2019<\/a>&nbsp; (NBC News, YouTube): twelve minutes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u-0NnQ0qeAA\" target=\"_blank\">What NBC Didn\u2019t Show You<\/a> (Douglas Wilson, YouTube): Wilson\u2019s response video, four and a half minutes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/books-and-culture\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/nbc-news-lends-a-hand.html\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News Lends a Hand<\/a> (Douglas Wilson, personal blog): \u201cAs I have said elsewhere, I am grateful that it was not a hit piece\u2014they let both sides talk, in other words. It was even-handed in that way. At the same time, it was clear that what we were saying must have sounded something like Middle Klingon to them, and this of course affects the editing process.\u201d<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Gracepoint at Berkeley:<ol><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/covenant-eyes-anti-porn-accountability-monitoring-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Ungodly Surveillance of Anti-Porn \u2018Shameware\u2019 Apps<\/a>&nbsp;(Dhruv Mehrotra, Wired): \u201cAt its most basic level, the idea is pretty straightforward: Why would anyone watch porn if they are going to have to talk to their parents or pastor about it?\u2026 The trouble is, according to Hao-Wei Lin, providing his church leader with a ledger of everything he did online meant his pastor could always find something to ask him about, and the way Covenant Eyes flagged content didn\u2019t help. For example, in Covenant Eyes reports that Hao-Wei Lin shared with WIRED, his online psychiatry textbook was rated \u2018Highly Mature,\u2019 the most severe category of content reserved for \u2018anonymizers, nudity, erotica, and pornography.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2022\/september\/gracepoint-berkland-asian-american-church-discipleship.html\" target=\"_blank\">At Gracepoint Ministries, \u2018Whole-Life Discipleship\u2019 Took Its Toll<\/a>&nbsp;(Curtis Yee, Christianity Today): \u201cThirty-two former Gracepoint members who spoke with&nbsp;<em>Christianity Today<\/em>&nbsp;for this story described a culture that was \u2018controlling\u2019 and \u2018coercive\u2019 for the sake of ministry efficiency. Members said they were manipulated into confessing sins, screamed at by leaders, and overloaded with obligations to the point of illness. To keep members focused on mission work, Gracepoint effectively restricted dating, media consumption, and pet ownership. Leaders directed staff on how to arrange their homes, where to shop for clothes, and what cars to&nbsp;drive.\u201d<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plough.com\/en\/topics\/faith\/rich-mullins-ragamuffin-celebrity-disciple\" target=\"_blank\">Rich Mullins: Ragamuffin, Celebrity, Disciple<\/a>&nbsp;(Bethel McGrew, Plough): \u201cYou might have called him a frustrated struggling artist: a successful artist who never wanted to succeed. When Myrrh records first called to say Amy Grant wanted to record his song \u2018Sing Your Praise to the Lord,\u2019 he nearly hung up. But it would be a hit, the first of many. He wrote naturally to the people, complementing his poetic lyricism with a good pop writer\u2019s ear for how to convey profound ideas simply. His arrangements were an eclectic fusion of pop and folk, most famously introducing radio to his signature instrument, the hammered dulcimer. This was the secret sauce that made hit singles out of songs like the atmospheric Western nature poem \u2018Calling Out Your Name\u2019 \u2013 a tune which, by all the rules of hit singles, should never even have been on the air. As one fan&nbsp;put it, Mullins was weird, but he was also so good that radio had to play&nbsp;him.\u201d<ul><li>Mullins was unique and brilliant and I am still sad he is dead. He was before your time, so I doubt you will believe me when I say that he by himself outweighed the entire Christian music industry that you have been exposed to. But he was that good. It was more than his music. It was his&nbsp;life.<\/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.youtube.com\/watch?v=rkcBPfU4YOc\" target=\"_blank\">Le live de MB14 dans un Un \u00c9clair de Gu\u00e9ny !<\/a>&nbsp;(YouTube): four minutes of a beatbox world champion going to&nbsp;town.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7UE_I_yjEhA\" target=\"_blank\">No one roasts Conan O\u2019Brien like Martin Short<\/a>&nbsp;(YouTube): six and a half hilarious minutes if you\u2019re a fan of men ripping on one another in&nbsp;love<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2u3_enoT4xM\" target=\"_blank\">Math is Make Believe<\/a>&nbsp;(Paul Morrissey, YouTube): three minutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2022\/09\/12\" target=\"_blank\">Dreams<\/a>&nbsp;(Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2022\/09\/19\/2\" target=\"_blank\">Hunting<\/a>&nbsp;(The Far&nbsp;Side)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.basicinstructions.net\/basic-instructions\/2022\/9\/19\/how-to-get-your-moneys-worth\" target=\"_blank\">How To Get Your Money\u2019s Worth<\/a>&nbsp;(Basic Instructions) \u2014 I chuckled mightily at this&nbsp;one.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ContagiousLaughter\/comments\/xjnigc\/one_of_my_favorite_videos\/\" target=\"_blank\">One of my favorite videos<\/a>&nbsp;(reddit): one minute.&nbsp; I laughed really hard at&nbsp;this.<\/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:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/providencemag.com\/2020\/01\/on-killing-human-monsters\/\" target=\"_blank\">On Killing Human Monsters<\/a>&nbsp;(Mark LiVecchi, Providence): \u201c\u2018The internal condition of God\u2019s external expression of wrath,\u2019 writes the theologian and rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, \u2018is grief.\u2019 To the best I can deduce, therein is communicated the complex disposition of the just warrior.\u2026 I do not rejoice that I worship a God who kills. I only rejoice that I worship a God who is willing to.\u201d From&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/01\/31\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-236\" target=\"_blank\">volume 236<\/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 post 369, which I like simply because 3+6=9. Things Glen Found Interesting The Sugar Babies of Stanford \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/09\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-369\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 369\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":"Some wild videos and a reflection on the one and only Rich Mullins. 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