{"id":7111,"date":"2023-01-20T22:49:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T06:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7111"},"modified":"2023-01-20T22:49:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T06:49:10","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-386","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/01\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-386","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 386"},"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\" 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 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\">386 is inter\u00adest\u00ading because it feels like it ought to have lots of divi\u00adsors, but it\u2019s just 2 \u00b7 193. Of course you can dou\u00adble any prime, but it still sur\u00adpris\u00ades me when I run across it. Primes dou\u00adbled are, by def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion, exact\u00adly as rare as primes.<\/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:\/\/faculty.som.yale.edu\/jameschoi\/whychrist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why I am a Chris\u00adt\u00adian<\/a> (James Choi, Yale Fac\u00adul\u00adty Web\u00adsite): \u201cThere are things about Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty that are con\u00adfus\u00ading or hard to accept as true. But in math, if we start with axioms that are sol\u00adid, then we can prove easy the\u00ado\u00adrems based on those axioms, and then use those easy the\u00ado\u00adrems to prove coun\u00adter\u00adin\u00adtu\u00aditive, seem\u00ading\u00adly false the\u00ado\u00adrems. We can believe the hard the\u00ado\u00adrems because we have con\u00adfi\u00addence in the axioms and the easy the\u00ado\u00adrems. To me, the res\u00adur\u00adrec\u00adtion of Christ is the fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal the\u00ado\u00adrem of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty. If we can gain con\u00adfi\u00addence in this, then this pro\u00advides a foun\u00adda\u00adtion for us to have faith in the rest of the claims of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of finance at Yale. He\u2019s had a ver\u00adsion of this page on his offi\u00adcial web\u00adsite ever since he was a sopho\u00admore at Har\u00advard. He kept it up while apply\u00ading to grad school and while going on the job mar\u00adket. Respect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/richardhanania.substack.com\/p\/why-the-media-is-honest-and-good\" target=\"_blank\">Why the Media is Hon\u00adest and Good<\/a> (Richard Hana\u00adnia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cMy advice is to read the main\u00adstream media, and trust the facts they present, while ques\u00adtion\u00ading the nar\u00adra\u00adtives. Under\u00adstand where the bias\u00ades are and cor\u00adrect for them. Read some of their crit\u00adics too, but under\u00adstand that those crit\u00adics are almost more biased and less intel\u00adli\u00adgent and hon\u00adest than those that they attack. The few media crit\u00adics who are bet\u00adter than the press are rare and deserve your sup\u00adport. The excep\u00adtion here is any\u00adthing hav\u00ading to do with race, gen\u00adder, or sex\u00adu\u00adal ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtion, where you should under\u00adstand that estab\u00adlish\u00adment jour\u00adnal\u00adists are try\u00ading their best but can\u2019t be trust\u00aded because they\u2019ve lost their minds, or are scared of those that have, and you\u2019d be bet\u00adter off lis\u00adten\u00ading to peo\u00adple with can\u00adce\u00adlable views.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/16\/23507199\/us-uk-anti-metric-sentiment-beyond-measure-james-vincent-excerpt\" target=\"_blank\">The bat\u00adtle of the stan\u00addards: why the US and UK can\u2019t stop fight\u00ading the met\u00adric sys\u00adtem<\/a> (James Vin\u00adcent, The Verge): \u201cIt all went back to Nim\u00adrod, he was say\u00ading. Nim\u00adrod, great-grand\u00adson of Noah and the \u2018mighty hunter before the Lord,\u2019 who had attempt\u00aded to unite the world\u2019s pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion by build\u00ading the Tow\u00ader of Babel so that human\u00adi\u00adty might climb up to Heav\u00aden itself. \u2018And God inter\u00advened, stop\u00adping him from build\u00ading the tow\u00ader,\u2019 said Tony. God then spread human\u00adi\u00adty across the globe, divid\u00ading us up into dif\u00adfer\u00adent nations with their own lan\u00adguages and tra\u00addi\u00adtions. As Tony under\u00adstood the mes\u00adsage of the Tow\u00ader of Babel, it was that \u2018Peo\u00adple should live in dis\u00adtinct nations because it pro\u00advides a uni\u00adfy\u00ading force in their lives. It gives them a sense of pur\u00adpose.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/17\/opinion\/dei-trainings-effective.html\" target=\"_blank\">What if Diver\u00adsi\u00adty Train\u00adings Are Doing More Harm Than Good?<\/a> (Jesse Sin\u00adgal, New York Times): \u201cOver the years, social sci\u00aden\u00adtists who have con\u00adduct\u00aded care\u00adful reviews of the evi\u00addence base for diver\u00adsi\u00adty train\u00adings have fre\u00adquent\u00adly come to dis\u00adcour\u00adag\u00ading con\u00adclu\u00adsions. Though diver\u00adsi\u00adty train\u00adings have been around in one form or anoth\u00ader since at least the 1960s, few of them are ever sub\u00adject\u00aded to rig\u00ador\u00adous eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion, and those that are most\u00adly appear to have lit\u00adtle or no pos\u00adi\u00adtive long-term effects\u2026 Some diver\u00adsi\u00adty ini\u00adtia\u00adtives might actu\u00adal\u00adly wors\u00aden the D.E.I. cli\u00admates of the orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions that pay for them.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/15\/us\/affirmative-action-admissions-scotus.html\" target=\"_blank\">If Affir\u00adma\u00adtive Action Ends, Col\u00adlege Admis\u00adsions May Be Changed For\u00adev\u00ader<\/a> (Stephanie Saul, New York Times): \u201cCol\u00adleges are plan\u00adning behind the scenes for the court rul\u00ading, though they are reluc\u00adtant to release plans, wor\u00adried about poten\u00adtial\u00adly open\u00ading them\u00adselves up to legal action. \u2018\u201c\u2018We don\u2019t want to get ahead of the court, and we don\u2019t want to give the court any ideas,\u2019\u201d\u2019 Dr. P\u00e9rez said.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slowboring.com\/p\/who-is-included-by-inclusive-language?r=7bjvz&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web\" target=\"_blank\">Who is includ\u00aded by \u201cinclu\u00adsive\u201d lan\u00adguage?<\/a> (Matt Ygle\u00adsias, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026one thing you\u2019d learn in a fan\u00adcy Amer\u00adi\u00adcan school is why you shouldn\u2019t talk about the eco\u00adnom\u00adic under\u00adde\u00advel\u00adop\u00adment of Africa like this. You\u2019d learn bet\u00adter eti\u00adquette. Or at least <em>dif\u00adfer\u00adent<\/em> eti\u00adquette \u2014 eti\u00adquette that will dif\u00adfer\u00aden\u00adti\u00adate you from less sophis\u00adti\u00adcat\u00aded peo\u00adple who might run around say\u00ading offen\u00adsive things about pover\u00adty in the Glob\u00adal South. For instance, a per\u00adson with\u00adout a prop\u00ader edu\u00adca\u00adtion might refer to the coun\u00adtries in ques\u00adtion as \u2018the third world\u2019 with\u00adout hav\u00ading read Marc Silver\u2019s Jan\u00adu\u00adary 2021 NPR piece about why this is offen\u00adsive. But to Bright\u2019s point, speak\u00ading dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly doesn\u2019t actu\u00adal\u00adly change any\u00adthing.&nbsp; And that, per\u00adhaps, is a big part of the appeal.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/in-the-know\/3818368-nhl-player-refuses-to-wear-pride-night-jersey-during-warm-ups-citing-religious-beliefs\/\" target=\"_blank\">NHL play\u00ader refus\u00ades to wear Pride Night jer\u00adsey dur\u00ading warm-ups, cit\u00ading reli\u00adgious beliefs <\/a>(Jared Gans, The Hill): \u201cI respect every\u00adbody, and I respect everybody\u2019s choic\u00ades. My choice is to stay true to myself and my reli\u00adgion,\u201d he said while tak\u00ading ques\u00adtions in the Fly\u00aders\u2019 lock\u00ader room after the team\u2019s 5\u20132 vic\u00adto\u00adry over the Ana\u00adheim Ducks. \u201cThat\u2019s all I\u2019m going to say.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sim\u00adple faith\u00adful\u00adness is a beau\u00adti\u00adful thing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2023\/01\/16\/2\" target=\"_blank\">Wel\u00adcome to Eter\u00adni\u00adty<\/a> (The Far Side) \u2014 a clas\u00adsic of west\u00adern lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/01\/15\" target=\"_blank\">News About News<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/theologians-confirm-scripture-72-more-powerful-when-read-in-cool-foreign-accent\/\" target=\"_blank\">The\u00adolo\u00adgians Con\u00adfirm Scrip\u00adture 72% More Pow\u00ader\u00adful When Read In Cool For\u00adeign Accent<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/drugs-4\" target=\"_blank\">Wan\u00adna Buy Drugs?<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2023-01-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Humans Are Meat<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li>\n<\/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 we have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/quarterly.gospelinlife.com\/a-biblical-critique-of-secular-justice-and-critical-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Bib\u00adli\u00adcal Cri\u00adtique of Sec\u00adu\u00adlar Jus\u00adtice and Crit\u00adi\u00adcal The\u00ado\u00adry<\/a> (Tim Keller, Gospel In Life): \u201cIn the Bible Chris\u00adtians have an ancient, rich, strong, com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive, com\u00adplex, and attrac\u00adtive under\u00adstand\u00ading of jus\u00adtice. Bib\u00adli\u00adcal jus\u00adtice dif\u00adfers in sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant ways from all the sec\u00adu\u00adlar alter\u00adna\u00adtives, with\u00adout ignor\u00ading the con\u00adcerns of any of them. Yet Chris\u00adtians know lit\u00adtle about bib\u00adli\u00adcal jus\u00adtice, despite its promi\u00adnence in the Scrip\u00adtures.\u201d The read of the week. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/08\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-262\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 262<\/a><\/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>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 386 is inter\u00adest\u00ading because it feels like it ought to have lots of divi\u00adsors, but it\u2019s just 2 \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/01\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-386\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 386\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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The 386th roundup of things I've found interesting. 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