{"id":7242,"date":"2023-07-28T21:07:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T04:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7242"},"modified":"2023-07-28T21:07:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T04:07:28","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-413","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/07\/28\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-413","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 413"},"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 issue 413, which I have been told is a struc\u00adtured hexag\u00ado\u00adnal dia\u00admond num\u00adber. I don\u2019t know what that means, but it sounds very impres\u00adsive. I also know that 413 = 7 \u00b7 59, which I find both cool and under\u00adstand\u00adable.<\/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.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/continuationist-cancer-healings\/\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019m a Con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion\u00adist with Can\u00adcer. I Still Believe in Heal\u00adings.<\/a> (Tim Shorey, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cI live my life and face my can\u00adcer some\u00adwhere between seem\u00ading\u00adly sin\u00adcere \u2018namers and claimers\u2019 who expect heal\u00ading every time and seem\u00ading\u00adly sur\u00adren\u00addered \u2018if-the-Lord-willers\u2019 whose prayers affirm God\u2019s heal\u00ading pow\u00ader but whose caveats and qual\u00adi\u00adfiers make it sound like he\u2019s not like\u00adly to use it. God alone knows the heart. But the tone of the for\u00admer par\u00adty can sound like pre\u00adsump\u00adtion mas\u00adquerad\u00ading as faith, while the tone of the lat\u00adter can sound like doubt mas\u00adquerad\u00ading as humil\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent who appro\u00adpri\u00adate\u00adly asks, \u201cif you read this, please also pray for the author, Tim Shorey.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thespectator.com\/topic\/date-marry-fun-life-partner-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\">Date to mar\u00adry, not to have fun<\/a> (Bethany Man\u00addel, The Spec\u00adta\u00adtor): \u201cA lot of things are impor\u00adtant in a mar\u00adriage: love, respect, trust, laugh\u00adter. But per\u00adhaps most impor\u00adtant is to remem\u00adber that it\u2019s a part\u00adner\u00adship for life; and as such, dat\u00ading should not be con\u00adsid\u00adered fun, but instead like a job inter\u00adview for the most impor\u00adtant role you\u2019ll ever have, that of a spouse. If you were inter\u00adview\u00ading for a job, would you allow the process to drag on, long after you know it\u2019s the right fit (or not)?\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Broad\u00adly agree, with the pro\u00advi\u00adsion that this is advice about dat\u00ading rela\u00adtion\u00adship and not just about going on dates. In oth\u00ader words, go on dates to have fun and then care\u00adful\u00adly dis\u00adcern who is a good match for pro\u00adgress\u00ading into a seri\u00adous dat\u00ading rela\u00adtion\u00adship. Too many Chris\u00adtians want to know they want to mar\u00adry some\u00adone before they go out for cof\u00adfee with them, and that\u2019s a lot of pres\u00adsure to put on a lat\u00adte.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robkhenderson.com\/p\/swiping-and-dating-preferences\" target=\"_blank\">Swip\u00ading and Dat\u00ading Pref\u00ader\u00adences<\/a> (Rob K. Hen\u00adder\u00adson, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cHere\u2019s a sketch of what might be hap\u00adpen\u00ading: Men high on the Dark Tri\u00adad (psy\u00adchopa\u00adthy, nar\u00adcis\u00adsism, Machi\u00adavel\u00adlian\u00adism) use dat\u00ading apps. They might make up 10\u201320% of users. They go on a ram\u00adpage, sleep\u00ading with lots of women, play\u00ading games with them, lead\u00ading them on, ghost\u00ading them, lying to them, etc. Dark Tri\u00adad men are excel\u00adlent impos\u00adtors; they are good at mim\u00adic\u00adk\u00ading desir\u00adable roman\u00adtic qual\u00adi\u00adties, and are thus able to pro\u00adcure lots of sex part\u00adners. The women they sleep with become dis\u00adil\u00adlu\u00adsioned. These women begin to behave in psy\u00adcho\u00adpath\u00adic and nar\u00adcis\u00adsis\u00adtic ways to pro\u00adtect them\u00adselves from emo\u00adtion\u00adal vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty and pain, and per\u00adhaps as a way to even the score with \u2018men\u2019 as a cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry. They learn to avoid Dark Tri\u00adad men and exploit nor\u00admal men. These men become con\u00adfused and upset, and begin to treat oth\u00ader women the same way to \u2018get even.\u2019 In short, Dark Tri\u00adad men mis\u00adtreat women, who then mis\u00adtreat ordi\u00adnary men, who then mis\u00adtreat ordi\u00adnary women. Bad behav\u00adior dri\u00adves out the good. A sys\u00adtem tai\u00adlor-made for psy\u00adcho\u00adpath\u00adic males (dat\u00ading apps facil\u00adi\u00adtate anonymi\u00adty, super\u00adfi\u00adcial\u00adi\u00adty, and decep\u00adtion) pre\u00addictably gives rise to a defect-defect equi\u00adlib\u00adri\u00adum.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full of inter\u00adest\u00ading data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/07\/24\/upshot\/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions.html?unlocked_article_code=SLUUH4-yUFr43dY1pplmjYBsXMb502wc0ka17N2ijyvw7RT5atw30PxTy-vXbEmMJxQzn_KJBKSd7OxbL0flyaqrEALxB9VBU52WFyKllu4k-lyl4NdWqiQi3MtwSdFtnva70DPtqSotDJ5VAPlkSYkaYQB5jgdUA-O8KVlQepkNd6ujERA3aTM4y9nueqXfMPmv_S436m2jvFCQbJJv_zf-6aPKhNft78hpnrNKiwFvm8v6kEou3A9--yiBi-bYX2cDvsCMBq-6azLOHu2KOJahyBoX7XXy1puWC3pVWAGRgp9TAtEVw9Shpk8uu1A2DTI_5RM0aVHdMshyWXefdVDMK6K9noz-EiSSByCLBz8x8mmKcgijzFrmDjQ&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">Study of Elite Col\u00adlege Admis\u00adsions Data Sug\u00adgests Being Very Rich Is Its Own Qual\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion<\/a> (Aatish Bha\u00adtia, Claire Cain Miller and Josh Katz, New York Times): \u201cElite col\u00adleges have long been filled with the chil\u00addren of the rich\u00adest fam\u00adi\u00adlies: At Ivy League schools, one in six stu\u00addents has par\u00adents in the top 1 per\u00adcent.\u2026 For appli\u00adcants with the same SAT or ACT score, chil\u00addren from fam\u00adi\u00adlies in the top 1 per\u00adcent were 34 per\u00adcent more like\u00adly to be admit\u00adted than the aver\u00adage appli\u00adcant, and those from the top 0.1 per\u00adcent were more than twice as like\u00adly to get in.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic study <code>Raj Chetty, David J. Deming and John N. Friedman, <a href=\"https:\/\/opportunityinsights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CollegeAdmissions_Nontech.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/opportunityinsights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CollegeAdmissions_Nontech.pdf\">\"Diversifying Society's Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges\"<\/a><\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One of the authors wrote about their find\u00adings on his Sub\u00adstack: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/forklightning.substack.com\/p\/ivy-plus-colleges-are-a-gateway-to\" target=\"_blank\">Ivy-Plus col\u00adleges are a gate\u00adway to the elite<\/a> (David Dem\u00ading, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWait\u00adlist admits are 60% more like\u00adly than wait\u00adlist rejects to have earn\u00adings in the top 1% for their age, are near\u00adly twice as like\u00adly to attend a top 10 grad\u00adu\u00adate school and are three times as like\u00adly to work in a pres\u00adti\u00adgious firm (think high\u00adly ranked research hos\u00adpi\u00adtals, top law and con\u00adsult\u00ading firms, nation\u00adal news\u00adpa\u00adpers, etc.).\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmatt.net\/columns\/2023\/7\/10\/why-wont-indiana-jones-convert-to-anything-after-all-that-he-has-seen-in-his-life\" target=\"_blank\">Why won\u2019t Indi\u00adana Jones con\u00advert to some\u00adthing after all he has seen in his life?<\/a> (Ter\u00adry Mat\u00adting\u00adly, On Reli\u00adgion): \u201cWhat we want to know is why he is always back to square one at the start of every adven\u00adture \u2013 a skep\u00adtic, or even a scoffer. I mean, think about it: He has seen the Ark of the Covenant opened and the destroy\u00ading angels pour out God\u2019s vengeance on his ene\u00admies. He has seen the sacred Hin\u00addu stones come to life. \u2026He has seen the true cup of Christ heal his own father from a fatal gun\u00adshot wound \u2013 on screen, with no ambi\u00adgu\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It\u2019s reveal\u00ading about mod\u00adern assump\u00adtions that almost no one thinks to ask this ques\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/peter-turchin-end-times-bari-weiss?utm_source=substack&amp;publication_id=260347&amp;post_id=135505544&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&amp;triggerShare=true&amp;isFreemail=true\" target=\"_blank\">Are We Liv\u00ading Through \u2018End Times\u2019?<\/a> (Bari Weiss inter\u00adview\u00ading Peter Turchin, The Free Press): \u201cElite over\u00adpro\u00adduc\u00adtion turns out to be the best pre\u00addic\u00adtor of a cri\u00adsis to come. It is essen\u00adtial\u00adly ubiq\u00adui\u00adtous in the pre-cri\u00adsis peri\u00adods of all soci\u00adeties. I used the game of musi\u00adcal chairs to illus\u00adtrate it, except in the usu\u00adal game, you start with 11 play\u00aders and ten chairs, and one per\u00adson los\u00ades. Here, instead of remov\u00ading chairs, you keep chairs con\u00adstant, and we add more play\u00aders. You can imag\u00adine the amount of chaos that is going to hap\u00adpen. Now let\u2019s con\u00adnect this to the over\u00adpro\u00adduc\u00adtion of wealthy peo\u00adple in the Unit\u00aded States. As more and more of them become play\u00aders in pol\u00adi\u00adtics, they dri\u00adve up the price of get\u00adting into office. And more impor\u00adtant\u00adly, the more peo\u00adple are vying for these posi\u00adtions, the more peo\u00adple are going to be frus\u00adtrat\u00aded. They\u2019re going to be losers. But humans don\u2019t have to fol\u00adlow rules. This is the dark side of com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion: if it\u2019s too extreme, it cre\u00adates con\u00addi\u00adtions for peo\u00adple to start to break rules.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Turchin is a social sci\u00aden\u00adtist at U Conn. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The author explains the rela\u00adtion\u00adship between what he does and the sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion we see in the Foun\u00adda\u00adtion series: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/peterturchin.com\/psychohistory-and-cliodynamics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Psy\u00adchohis\u00adto\u00adry and Clio\u00addy\u00adnam\u00adics<\/a> (Peter Turchin, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cPre\u00addic\u00adtion is over\u00adrat\u00aded. What we real\u00adly should be striv\u00ading for, with our social sci\u00adence, is abil\u00adi\u00adty to bring about desir\u00adable out\u00adcomes and to avoid unwant\u00aded out\u00adcomes. What\u2019s the point of pre\u00addict\u00ading future, if it\u2019s very bleak and we are not able to change it? We would be like the per\u00adson con\u00addemned to hang before sun\u00adrise \u2013 per\u00adfect knowl\u00adedge of the future, zero abil\u00adi\u00adty to do any\u00adthing about it.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/bad-definitions-of-democracy-and?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">Bad Def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtions Of \u201cDemoc\u00adra\u00adcy\u201d And \u201cAccount\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty\u201d Shade Into Total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cYou could, in the\u00ado\u00adry, define \u2018demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic\u2019 this way, so that the more areas of life are sub\u00adject\u00aded to the con\u00adtrol of a (demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly elect\u00aded) gov\u00adern\u00adment, the more demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic your soci\u00adety is. But in that case, the most demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic pos\u00adsi\u00adble soci\u00adety is total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism \u2014 a soci\u00adety where the gov\u00adern\u00adment con\u00adtrols every facet of life, includ\u00ading what reli\u00adgion you prac\u00adtice, who you mar\u00adry, and what job you work at. In this soci\u00adety there would be no room for human free\u00addom.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/andrewsullivan.substack.com\/p\/the-importance-of-saying-yes-to-the-c5d?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">The Impor\u00adtance Of Say\u00ading \u201cYes\u201d To The \u201cBut\u201d<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cOne of the endur\u00ading frus\u00adtra\u00adtions of liv\u00ading in a polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly polar\u00adized coun\u00adtry is the evap\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion of nuance. As the mus\u00adcles of lib\u00ader\u00adal democ\u00adra\u00adcy atro\u00adphy, and as cul\u00adtur\u00adal trib\u00adal\u00adism infects everyone\u2019s con\u00adscious\u00adness, it becomes more and more dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to say, \u2018Yes, but \u2026\u2019 Every\u00adone hates the but. It com\u00adpli\u00adcates; it mud\u00addles; it can dis\u00adable a slo\u00adgan; and punc\u00adture a polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly use\u00adful myth.\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:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ContagiousLaughter\/comments\/159uzhr\/fighting_against_satanism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fight\u00ading Against Satanism<\/a> (Tik\u00adTok via Red\u00addit): This is hilar\u00adi\u00adous and worth the two and half min\u00adutes to watch. The sto\u00adry is fab\u00adu\u00adlous on its own. The Jamaican accent expo\u00adnen\u00adtial\u00adly increas\u00ades the pay\u00adoff. I showed this to a Jamaican stu\u00addent who said, \u201cIt\u2019s the way we exag\u00adger\u00adate every sin\u00adgle detail. That\u2019s why I always go home for the hol\u00adi\u00adday sea\u00adson, every\u00adone has a new sto\u00adry to dra\u00adma\u00adtize. You always have to be pre\u00adpared to cry in laugh\u00adter at Jamaican par\u00adties.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/bet-you-wish-you-had-listened-to-the-safety-presentation-now-eh-says-smug-stewardess-as-plane-plummets-toward-the-ground\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Bet You Wish You Had Lis\u00adtened To The Safe\u00adty Pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion Now, Eh?\u2019 Says Smug Stew\u00adardess As Plane Plum\u00admets Toward The Ground<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/jenny\" target=\"_blank\">Jen\u00adny<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/07\/23\" target=\"_blank\">Democ\u00adra\u00adcy Man<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lLXNc7unIT4\" target=\"_blank\">Can a Lego Car Roll Down\u00adhill For\u00adev\u00ader?<\/a> (Brick Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes of clever engi\u00adneer\u00ading. I think he starts to cheat at around the 50\u00b0 incline but it\u2019s still super inter\u00adest\u00ading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/07\/28\" target=\"_blank\">Twit\u00adter Jus\u00adtice<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Pg6-EcIQ2Y\" target=\"_blank\">How Do You Know If You\u2019ve Got Chem\u00adistry?<\/a> (Julie Kim, YouTube): six min\u00adutes. <\/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.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/human-flourishing\/202102\/religious-community-and-human-flourishing\" target=\"_blank\">Reli\u00adgious Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty and Human Flour\u00adish\u00ading<\/a> (Tyler J. Van\u00adder\u00adWeele, Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy Today): \u201cIn some cas\u00ades, our results close\u00adly repli\u00adcat\u00aded past work. For exam\u00adple, we found that, even after con\u00adtrol\u00adling for the fac\u00adtors above, indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals who attend\u00aded reli\u00adgious ser\u00advices week\u00adly or more were 16% less like\u00adly to become depressed, and saw a 29% reduc\u00adtion in smok\u00ading and 34% reduc\u00adtion in heavy drink\u00ading. These results match rea\u00adson\u00adably close\u00adly results from sev\u00ader\u00adal pri\u00ador stud\u00adies, includ\u00ading the pri\u00ador meta-analy\u00adses men\u00adtioned above. Some\u00adwhat strik\u00ading\u00adly, but again in line with pri\u00ador analy\u00adsis, week\u00adly ser\u00advice atten\u00addees were 26% less like\u00adly to die dur\u00ading the fol\u00adlow-up peri\u00adod.\u201d Van\u00adder\u00adWeele, him\u00adself a Chris\u00adt\u00adian, is an epi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at Har\u00advard and I have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?s=vanderweele\" target=\"_blank\">shared some of his work before.<\/a> From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/02\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-290\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 290<\/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 issue 413, which I have been told is a struc\u00adtured hexag\u00ado\u00adnal dia\u00admond num\u00adber. I don\u2019t know \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/07\/28\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-413\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 413\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":"Absolutely fascinating links this week. 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