{"id":7089,"date":"2022-12-23T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T02:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2022-12-23T18:00:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T02:00:33","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-382","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/12\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-382","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 382"},"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>382 is the smallest number such that   \u03c3(n) =\u03c3(n+3). \u03c3(n) is the divisor function, found by adding up n\u2019s positive divisors. In other words, \u03c3(382) equals 576 because it is the sum  of its four divisors 1 + 2 + 191 + 382 which also equals 1 + 5 + 7 + 11 + 35 + 55 + 77 + 385 which are the eight divisors of 385, hence \u03c3(385)=\u03c3(382).<\/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\">\n<li> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/18\/us\/christmas-church-service-protestants.html\" target=\"_blank\">O Come All Ye Faithful, Except When Christmas Falls on a Sunday<\/a> (Ruth Graham, New York Times): \u201cChristmas is considered by most Christians to be the second-most significant religious holiday of the year, behind Easter. But most Protestants do not attend church services on Christmas Day when it falls on a weekday. If everyone from the pews to the pulpit would rather stay home, what is a practical house of worship to do? This year, some Protestant churches are deciding to skip Sunday services completely.\u201d Recommended by a student a while&nbsp;ago.&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>My take? Skipping church because it\u2019s Christmas makes as much sense as skipping cake because it\u2019s your birthday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/humantransit.org\/2017\/07\/the-dangers-of-elite-projection.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Dangers of Elite Projection<\/a> (Jarrett Walker, personal blog): \u201c<em>Elite projection<\/em> is the belief, among relatively fortunate and influential people, that what those people find convenient or attractive is good for the society as a whole. Once you learn to recognize this simple mistake, you see it everywhere.\u2026 [The problem is] <em>elites are always a minority<\/em>, and that planning a city or transport network around the preferences of a minority routinely yields an outcome that doesn\u2019t work for the majority. Even the elite minority won\u2019t like the result in the&nbsp;end.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Relevant to many cultural controversies about marriage and gender, btw.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/14\/us\/college-universities-college-tuition-reset.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\">A Sign That Tuition Is Too High: Some Colleges Are Slashing It in Half<\/a> (Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times): \u201cColby-Sawyer has joined a growing number of small, private colleges in what\u2019s called the tuition reset, which overhauls prices to reflect what most students actually pay after discounting through need-based and merit financial aid. The reset is part marketing move and part reality check. It is frank recognition among some lesser-known colleges that their prices are something of a&nbsp;feint.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/madisonsnotes.podbean.com\/e\/martyrs-in-mosul-a-conversation-on-christian-persecution-with-father-benedic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martyrs in Mosul: A Conversation on Christian Persecution with Father Benedict Kiely<\/a> (Annika Nordquist, Madison\u2019s Notes Podcast): a podcast by one of our alumni. I haven\u2019t had a chance to listen to this episode yet (and may not for a while because of being around family 24\/7 during the holidays), but she asked me post it and I trust her judgement that it is of general interest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/girl-scout-mom-kicked-radio-city-barred-seeing-rockettes-facial-recogn-rcna62606\" target=\"_blank\">Girl Scout mom kicked out of Radio City and barred from seeing Rockettes after facial recognition tech identified her<\/a> (Julianne McShane, NBC News): \u201cKelly Conlon, a senior associate with the New Jersey personal injury firm Davis, Saperstein and Salomon \u2014 which is representing a client suing a restaurant owned by the parent company, MSG Entertainment \u2014 told NBC New York that security guards approached her and asked for identification as soon as she arrived on the weekend after Thanksgiving. The guards ultimately turned her away from the show even though she is not involved in her firm\u2019s litigation against the company. Conlon\u2019s daughter and the rest of the Girl Scouts were able to attend the performance, she told the station.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whenever we say we\u2019re afraid of technology we\u2019re usually saying we\u2019re afraid of how people will use technology. And our fears are often well-founded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/uscis-has-added-500-pages-its-immigration-forms-2003\" target=\"_blank\">USCIS Has Added 500 Pages to Its Immigration Forms Since 2003<\/a> (David J. Bier, Cato Institute): \u201cIt is worth emphasizing that no significant immigration reform has become law during the last two decades. The agency is unilaterally imposing dramatic increases in the bureaucratic obstacles to immigration benefits without input from Congress. But the hundreds of new pages of information is also making the agency less efficient at its job, delaying applications and causing backlogs to grow to unimaginable lengths.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This tweet by the author makes the point more succinctly: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_J_Bier\/status\/1604924286342496268\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_J_Bier\/status\/1604924286342496268<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/arnoldkling.substack.com\/p\/the-fbi-and-twitter?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=338673&amp;post_id=91247940&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">The FBI and Twitter<\/a> (Arnold Kling, Substack): \u201cToday, the mainstream reaction to the Twitter Files story is to chant \u2018nothingburger.\u2019 These people caterwaul about the threats to \u2018our democracy,\u2019 and here is a threat to democracy in plain sight, and now it\u2019s \u2018nothing to see here, move along.\u2019 For me, the big concern is lack of accountability within the government intelligence agencies.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/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\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2022-12-18\" target=\"_blank\">Trimming The Budget<\/a> (Dilbert)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-bible-translation-adds-if-you-know-what-i-mean-to-every-verse-in-song-of-solomon\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Bible Translation Adds \u2018If You Know What I Mean\u2019 To Every Verse In Song Of Solomon<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/harmful-phrases-you-should-stop-using---and-what-to-replace-them-with\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harmful Language You Should Stop Using \u2014 And What To Replace It With<\/a> (Babylon Bee): the Bee takes aim at Stanford IT\u2019s Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative.<\/li>\n<\/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:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/justin-taylor\/what-the-tentmaking-business-was-really-like-for-the-apostle-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\">What the Tentmaking Business Was Really Like for the Apostle Paul<\/a> (Justin Taylor, Gospel Coalition): \u201c[It] cost the Apostle Paul to write his letters, including the securing of materials and the hiring of a secretary to make a copy for himself. After extensive research and calculation, he determined that on the low side it would have cost him at least $2,000 in today\u2019s currency to write 1 Corinthians. (And that doesn\u2019t include the cost of sending someone like Titus on a long journey to deliver it.)\u201d Short and fascinating. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/06\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-256\" target=\"_blank\">volume 256<\/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. 382 is the smallest number such that \u03c3(n) =\u03c3(n+3). \u03c3(n) is the divisor function, found by adding up n\u2019s \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/12\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-382\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 382\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":"Merry Christmas! 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