{"id":7154,"date":"2023-03-10T20:29:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T04:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7154"},"modified":"2023-03-10T20:29:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T04:29:11","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-393","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/03\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-393","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 393"},"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\">This is vol\u00adume 393, which I find inter\u00adest\u00ading because it only has two fac\u00adtors: 131 and 3.<\/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>Some AI thoughts\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lesswrong.com\/posts\/D7PumeYTDPfBTp3i7\/the-waluigi-effect-mega-post\" target=\"_blank\">The Walui\u00adgi Effect (mega-post)<\/a> (Cleo Nar\u00addo, Less Wrong): \u201cHere\u2019s an exam\u00adple \u2014 in 101 Dal\u00adma\u00adtions, we meet a pair of pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnists (Roger and Ani\u00adta) who love dogs, show com\u00adpas\u00adsion, seek sim\u00adple plea\u00adsures, and want a fam\u00adi\u00adly. Can you guess who will turn up in Act One? Yep, at 13:00 we meet Cruel\u00adla De Vil \u2014 she hates dogs, shows cru\u00adel\u00adty, seeks mon\u00adey and fur, is a child\u00adless spin\u00adster, etc. Cruel\u00adla is the com\u00adplete inver\u00adsion of Roger and Ani\u00adta. She is the walui\u00adgi of Roger and Ani\u00adta. Recall that you expect\u00aded to meet a char\u00adac\u00adter with these traits <em>more\u00adso<\/em> after meet\u00ading the pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnists. Cruel\u00adla De Vil is not a char\u00adac\u00adter you would expect to find out\u00adside of the con\u00adtext of a Dis\u00adney dog sto\u00adry, but once you meet the pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnists you will have that con\u00adtext and then the Cruel\u00adla becomes a nat\u00adur\u00adal and pre\u00addictable con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion. [And since LLMs are all about con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion, sim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded Cruel\u00adlas emerge pre\u00addictably.]\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This was eas\u00adi\u00adly the most inter\u00adest\u00ading thing I read this week. A very clever argu\u00adment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=7064\" target=\"_blank\">Why am I not ter\u00adri\u00adfied of AI?<\/a> (Scott Aaron\u00adson, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cIn the Ortho\u00addox AI-doomers\u2019 own account, the paper\u00adclip-max\u00adi\u00admiz\u00ading AI would\u2019ve mas\u00adtered the nuances of human moral phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy far more com\u00adplete\u00adly than any human\u2014the bet\u00adter to deceive the humans, en route to extract\u00ading the iron from their bod\u00adies to make more paper\u00adclips. And yet the AI would nev\u00ader once use all that learn\u00ading to ques\u00adtion its paper\u00adclip direc\u00adtive. I acknowl\u00adedge that this is pos\u00adsi\u00adble. I deny that it\u2019s triv\u00adial.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a CS prof from UT who works at Ope\u00adnAI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jonathanhaidt.substack.com\/p\/mental-health-liberal-girls?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">Why the Men\u00adtal Health of Lib\u00ader\u00adal Girls Sank First and Fastest<\/a> (Jonathan Haidt, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWe are now 11 years into the largest epi\u00addem\u00adic of ado\u00adles\u00adcent men\u00adtal ill\u00adness ever record\u00aded. I know so many fam\u00adi\u00adlies that have been thrown into fear and tur\u00admoil by a child\u2019s sui\u00adcide attempt. You prob\u00ada\u00adbly do too, giv\u00aden that the recent CDC report tells us that one in ten ado\u00adles\u00adcents now say they have made an attempt to kill them\u00adselves. It is hit\u00adting all polit\u00adi\u00adcal and demo\u00adgraph\u00adic groups. The evi\u00addence is abun\u00addant that social media is a major <em>cause<\/em> of the epi\u00addem\u00adic, and per\u00adhaps <em>the<\/em> major cause. It\u2019s time we start\u00aded treat\u00ading social media and oth\u00ader apps designed for \u2018engage\u00adment\u2019 (i.e., addic\u00adtion) like alco\u00adhol, tobac\u00adco, and gam\u00adbling, or, because they can harm soci\u00adety as well as their users, per\u00adhaps like auto\u00admo\u00adbiles and firearms.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A well-writ\u00adten and dis\u00adtress\u00ading sum\u00adma\u00adry of the cur\u00adrent state of ado\u00adles\u00adcent and young adult men\u00adtal health. The author is a social psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist at NYU.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psypost.org\/2023\/03\/review-of-1039-studies-indicates-exercise-can-be-more-effective-than-counselling-or-medication-for-depression-68813\" target=\"_blank\">Review of 1,039 stud\u00adies indi\u00adcates exer\u00adcise can be more effec\u00adtive than coun\u00adselling or med\u00adica\u00adtion for depres\u00adsion<\/a> (Ben Singh, Car\u00adol Maher, &amp; Jac\u00adin\u00adta Brins\u00adley, Psy\u00adPost): \u201cWhen com\u00adpar\u00ading the size of the ben\u00ade\u00adfits of exer\u00adcise to oth\u00ader com\u00admon treat\u00adments for men\u00adtal health con\u00addi\u00adtions from pre\u00advi\u00adous sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adic reviews, our find\u00adings sug\u00adgest exer\u00adcise is around 1.5 times more effec\u00adtive than either med\u00adica\u00adtion or cog\u00adni\u00adtive behav\u00adiour ther\u00ada\u00adpy.\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I expect this will be con\u00adtest\u00aded in future stud\u00adies. Fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading, though. The authors are all at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of South Aus\u00adtralia. The lead author seems to be the Aus\u00adtralian equiv\u00ada\u00adlent of a MD\/PhD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/chrishedges.substack.com\/p\/lynching-the-deplorables?r=16uzh&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">Lynch\u00ading the Deplorables<\/a> (Chris Hedges, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe Jan. 6 pro\u00adtes\u00adtors were not the first to occu\u00adpy Con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal offices, includ\u00ading Nan\u00adcy Pelosi\u2019s office. Young envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal activists from the Sun\u00adrise Move\u00adment, anti-war activists from Code Pink and even con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal staffers have engaged in numer\u00adous occu\u00adpa\u00adtions of con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal offices and inter\u00adrupt\u00aded con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal hear\u00adings. What will hap\u00adpen to groups such as Code Pink if they occu\u00adpy con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal offices with Repub\u00adli\u00adcans in con\u00adtrol of the White House, the Con\u00adgress and the courts? Will they be held for years in pre\u00adtri\u00adal deten\u00adtion? Will they be giv\u00aden lengthy prison terms based on dubi\u00adous inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtions of the law? Will they be con\u00adsid\u00adered domes\u00adtic ter\u00adror\u00adists? Will protests and civ\u00adil dis\u00adobe\u00addi\u00adence become impos\u00adsi\u00adble?\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is a sane and sober\u00ading essay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/testing-common-theories-on-the-relationship-between-premarital-sex-and-marital-stability\" target=\"_blank\">Test\u00ading Com\u00admon The\u00ado\u00adries on the Rela\u00adtion\u00adship Between Pre\u00admar\u00adi\u00adtal Sex and Mar\u00adi\u00adtal Sta\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Jesse Smith and Nicholas H. Wolfin\u00adger): \u201cThe table below shows the wide range of vari\u00adables we used to try to explain the rela\u00adtion\u00adship between pre\u00admar\u00adi\u00adtal sex part\u00adners and divorce. Do any of them mat\u00adter? The answer is a clear no. With\u00adout con\u00adtrols, peo\u00adple with pre\u00admar\u00adi\u00adtal part\u00adners are 161% more like\u00adly to dis\u00adsolve their mar\u00adriages com\u00adpared to peo\u00adple who tie the knot as vir\u00adgins. In oth\u00ader words, pre\u00admar\u00adi\u00adtal sex increas\u00ades the chances of divorce between twofold and three\u00adfold. After includ\u00ading the laun\u00addry list of covari\u00adates shown in the table, the odds of divorce remain 151% higher\u2014in oth\u00ader words, a sta\u00adtis\u00adti\u00adcal arti\u00adfact away from being iden\u00adti\u00adcal.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This falls into the cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry of \u201cresearch which is obvi\u00adous\u00adly true but which many peo\u00adple wish to dis\u00adbe\u00adlieve\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some COVID thoughts:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2023\/03\/08\/covid-public-health-backlash\/?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\">Covid back\u00adlash hob\u00adbles pub\u00adlic health and future pan\u00addem\u00adic response<\/a> (Lau\u00adren Weber and Joel Achen\u00adbach, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cWhen the next pan\u00addem\u00adic sweeps the Unit\u00aded States, health offi\u00adcials in Ohio won\u2019t be able to shut\u00adter busi\u00adness\u00ades or schools, even if they become epi\u00adcen\u00adters of out\u00adbreaks. Nor will they be empow\u00adered to force Ohioans who have been exposed to go into quar\u00adan\u00adtine. State offi\u00adcials in North Dako\u00adta are barred from direct\u00ading peo\u00adple to wear masks to slow the spread. Not even the pres\u00adi\u00addent can force fed\u00ader\u00adal agen\u00adcies tois\u00adsue\u00advac\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtion or test\u00ading man\u00addates to thwart its march.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Amer\u00adi\u00adca usu\u00adal\u00adly comes through in the end. The arti\u00adcle is super-angsty about all this, but I view it as an inevitable response to admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive over\u00adreach and also a fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly good thing. Dis\u00adtrib\u00aduted pow\u00ader is safer pow\u00ader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/davidzweig.substack.com\/p\/when-a-renegade-church-and-a-zealous\" target=\"_blank\">When a Rene\u00adgade Church and a Zeal\u00adous Coun\u00adty Health Depart\u00adment Col\u00adlide<\/a> (David Zweig, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026exten\u00adsive legal doc\u00adu\u00adments, total\u00ading more than a thou\u00adsand pages, reveal a coun\u00adty, and its health depart\u00adment, that went to extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary, and poten\u00adtial\u00adly unlaw\u00adful, lengths to enforce its decrees. These efforts include levy\u00ading more than $2 mil\u00adlion in fines against Cal\u00advary, and a mul\u00adti-faceted sur\u00adveil\u00adlance pro\u00adgram of the church and its mem\u00adbers, breath\u00adtak\u00ading in scope and rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan regimes, rather than an Amer\u00adi\u00adcan coun\u00adty health depart\u00adment \u2014 the spy oper\u00ada\u00adtion includ\u00aded stake\u00adouts, forced in-per\u00adson mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading of prayer groups and oth\u00ader inti\u00admate activ\u00adi\u00adties, and track\u00ading the cel\u00adlu\u00adlar mobil\u00adi\u00adty data of church\u00adgo\u00aders.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The details in here are pret\u00adty wild. The com\u00adments are inter\u00adest\u00ading \u2014 one of the pas\u00adtors of a neigh\u00adbor\u00ading church dis\u00adputes part of the account, but the author is like, \u201cI\u2019ve read sworn affi\u00addavits tes\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading to the con\u00adtrary.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So much going on \u2014 my main take\u00adaway is that it real\u00adly was worse in San\u00adta Clara Coun\u00adty than almost any\u00adwhere else in Amer\u00adi\u00adca. The tech\u00adnocrats felt empow\u00adered to an absurd degree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hav\u00ading said that: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/10\/opinion\/masks-work-cochrane-study.html\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s Why the Sci\u00adence Is Clear That Masks Work<\/a> (Zeynep Tufek\u00adci, New York Times): \u201cBrown, who led the Cochrane review\u2019s approval process, told me that mask man\u00addates may not be ten\u00adable now, but he has a stark\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent feel\u00ading about their effects in the first year of a pan\u00addem\u00adic. \u2018Mask man\u00addates, social dis\u00adtanc\u00ading, the oth\u00ader shut\u00addowns we had in terms of even restau\u00adrants and things like that \u2014 if places like New York City didn\u2019t do that, the num\u00adber of deaths would have been much high\u00ader,\u201d he told me. \u201cI\u2019m very con\u00adfi\u00addent of that state\u00adment.\u2019 So the evi\u00addence is rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly straight\u00adfor\u00adward: Con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly wear\u00ading a mask, prefer\u00adably a high-qual\u00adi\u00adty, well-fit\u00adting one, pro\u00advides pro\u00adtec\u00adtion against the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4365176\" target=\"_blank\">Earn\u00adings Are Greater and Increas\u00ading in Occu\u00adpa\u00adtions That Require Intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal Tenac\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Chris\u00adtos Makridis, Louis Hick\u00adman &amp; Ben\u00adjamin Man\u00adning, SSRN): \u201c\u2026we iden\u00adti\u00adfy two broad occu\u00adpa\u00adtion\u00adal per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty require\u00adments, which we label intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal tenac\u00adi\u00adty and social adjust\u00adment. Intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal tenac\u00adi\u00adty encom\u00adpass\u00ades achievement\/effort, per\u00adsis\u00adtence, ini\u00adtia\u00adtive, ana\u00adlyt\u00adi\u00adcal think\u00ading, inno\u00adva\u00adtion, and inde\u00adpen\u00addence. Social adjust\u00adment encom\u00adpass\u00ades emo\u00adtion reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion, con\u00adcern for oth\u00aders, social ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtion, coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion, and stress tol\u00ader\u00adance. Both occu\u00adpa\u00adtion\u00adal per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty require\u00adments relate sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adly to occu\u00adpa\u00adtion\u00adal employ\u00adment growth between 2007 and 2019. How\u00adev\u00ader, among over 10 mil\u00adlion respon\u00addents to the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty Sur\u00advey, jobs requir\u00ading intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal tenac\u00adi\u00adty pay high\u00ader wages\u2026\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chris\u00adtos is one of our alum\u00adni.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/3ZChULi\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Bankman-Fried is under house arrest at Stan\u00adford. Stu\u00addents are obsessed.<\/a> (Lisa Bonos, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cThe uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty seems keen to play down his pres\u00adence. Offi\u00adcial\u00adly, the uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty doesn\u2019t talk about Bankman-Fried. Stan\u00adford Law School didn\u2019t respond to requests for com\u00adment. When asked whether they could con\u00adfirm a rumor that a near\u00adby stu\u00addent co-op had attacked the Bankman-Fried home with eggs, Stan\u00adford cam\u00adpus police did not respond.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> I have unlocked the pay\u00adwall for this arti\u00adcle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/robkhenderson.substack.com\/p\/dropping-the-sat-requirement-is-a?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web\" target=\"_blank\">Drop\u00adping the SAT Require\u00adment Is a Lux\u00adu\u00adry Belief<\/a> (Rob K. Hen\u00adder\u00adson, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cColum\u00adbia Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, has just become the first Ivy League school to per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly aban\u00addon the SAT\/ACT require\u00adment for col\u00adlege admis\u00adsion. Elite col\u00adleges are elim\u00adi\u00adnat\u00ading stan\u00addard\u00adized tests before they elim\u00adi\u00adnate lega\u00adcy admis\u00adsions. Tells you all you need to know.\u2026&nbsp; Stan\u00addard\u00adized test\u00ading should be freely avail\u00adable and com\u00adpul\u00adso\u00adry for all high school stu\u00addents.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is 100% true.<\/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:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2023-03-09\" target=\"_blank\">Why Not Work Remote\u00adly<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2023-03-04\" target=\"_blank\">Roman\u00adian Jail<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/study-confirms-everyone-at-gym-is-watching-you-and-criticizing-your-form-and-making-fun-of-those-15-pound-dumbbells\/\" target=\"_blank\">Study Con\u00adfirms Every\u00adone At Gym Is Watch\u00ading You And Crit\u00adi\u00adciz\u00ading Your Form And Mak\u00ading Fun Of Those 10-Pound Dumb\u00adbells<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/03\/05\" target=\"_blank\">Pol\u00adi\u00adtics Explained<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/dear-bees\" target=\"_blank\">Dear Bees<\/a> (SMBC)<\/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:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/stop-being-shocked\" target=\"_blank\">Stop Being Shocked<\/a> (Bari Weiss, Tablet): \u201cThe hatred we expe\u00adri\u00adence on cam\u00adpus has noth\u00ading to do with the Israeli-Pales\u00adtin\u00adian con\u00adflict. It\u2019s because Jews defy anti-racist ide\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy sim\u00adply by exist\u00ading. So it\u2019s not so much that Zion\u00adism is racism. It\u2019s that Jew\u00adish\u00adness is.\u201c From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/10\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-272\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 272<\/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. This is vol\u00adume 393, which I find inter\u00adest\u00ading because it only has two fac\u00adtors: 131 and 3. Things \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/03\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-393\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 393\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":"I had to trim away SO MANY excellent articles this week. 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