{"id":7278,"date":"2023-09-15T15:49:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T22:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7278"},"modified":"2023-09-15T15:49:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T22:49:57","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-420","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/09\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-420","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 420"},"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 420, a num\u00adber with cul\u00adtur\u00adal sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcance and also two inter\u00adest\u00ading math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal prop\u00ader\u00adties. 420 = 101 + 103 + 107 + 109 = 20 x 21. In oth\u00ader words, it is both the sum of con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive primes and also the prod\u00aduct of two con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive num\u00adbers.<\/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.firstthings.com\/article\/2023\/10\/we-are-repaganizing\" target=\"_blank\">We Are Repa\u00adganiz\u00ading<\/a> (Louise Per\u00adry, First Things): \u201cThe supreme\u00adly strange thing about Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty in anthro\u00adpo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal terms is that it takes a top\u00adsy-turvy atti\u00adtude toward weak\u00adness and strength. To put it crude\u00adly, most cul\u00adtures look at the pow\u00ader\u00adful and the wealthy and assume that they must be doing some\u00adthing right to have attained such might. The poor are poor because of some fail\u00ading of their own, whether in this life or the last. The small\u00adness and fee\u00adble\u00adness of women and chil\u00addren is a sign that they must be com\u00admand\u00aded by men. The suf\u00adfer\u00ading of slaves is not an argu\u00adment against slav\u00adery, but an argu\u00adment against allow\u00ading one\u00adself to be enslaved. Most cultures\u2014perfectly logically\u2014glorify war\u00adriors and kings, not those at the bot\u00adtom of the heap. But Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty takes a per\u00adverse atti\u00adtude toward sta\u00adtus and puts that per\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty at the heart of the the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy. \u2018God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong\u2019 is a baf\u00adfling and alarm\u00ading claim to any\u00adone from a soci\u00adety untouched by the strange\u00adness of the Jesus move\u00adment.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is a remark\u00adable essay about Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty by a non-Chris\u00adt\u00adian. 10\/10 rec\u00adom\u00admend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2023\/09\/18\/ross-douthats-theories-of-persuasion?utm_source=pr\" target=\"_blank\">Ross Douthat\u2019s The\u00ado\u00adries of Per\u00adsua\u00adsion<\/a> (Isaac Chotin\u00ader, The New York\u00ader): \u201cThis is not con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy-adja\u00adcent, but I think that nice sec\u00adu\u00adlar peo\u00adple like you and Sam are sort of blind to some obvi\u00adous super\u00adnat\u00adur\u00adal real\u00adi\u00adties about the world. I think lots of peo\u00adple have good rea\u00adsons to end up in that kind of ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adry. And the ques\u00adtion I don\u2019t know the answer to is: Why is it so nat\u00adur\u00adal once you\u2019re in that ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adry to go all the way to where R.F.K. is?\u201d He con\u00adtin\u00adued, \u201cI spend a lot of my own intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal ener\u00adgy try\u00ading not to let my sort of eccen\u00adtric views blind me to the fact that the estab\u00adlish\u00adment still gets a lot of bor\u00ading, obvi\u00adous things right.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I found this interview\/profile of Douthat charm\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/september-web-only\/singleness-is-not-sin-young-marriage-church-wedding.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sin\u00adgle\u00adness Is Not a Sin<\/a> (Lyman Stone, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cMar\u00adriage is insti\u00adtut\u00aded for mutu\u00adal ser\u00advice by spous\u00ades and joint ser\u00advice to the next gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. Celiba\u00adcy is insti\u00adtut\u00aded for ser\u00advice to the church (not as a require\u00adment for church ser\u00advice but as a pos\u00adsi\u00adble aid to it). Wid\u00adows like\u00adwise are com\u00admand\u00aded to be hos\u00adpitable and help\u00adful to younger peo\u00adple. Unless sin\u00adgle\u00adness is clear\u00adly defined as a state that has some pur\u00adpose ori\u00adent\u00aded toward the good of the neigh\u00adbor (not just inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly ben\u00ade\u00adfi\u00adcial but pur\u00adpo\u00adsive\u00adly so), it is dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to under\u00adstand what pos\u00adsi\u00adble endorse\u00adment the sta\u00adtus can be giv\u00aden. It is not sin\u00adful, but it is not good.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.graphsaboutreligion.com\/p\/lets-have-a-talk-about-education\" target=\"_blank\">Let\u2019s Have a Talk About Edu\u00adca\u00adtion and Reli\u00adgious Atten\u00addance<\/a> (Ryan Burge, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c<strong>I just don\u2019t know how you look at all this data that I\u2019ve brought to bear and con\u00adclude that there\u2019s not a pos\u00adi\u00adtive rela\u00adtion\u00adship between edu\u00adca\u00adtion and reli\u00adgious atten\u00addance.<\/strong> You most cer\u00adtain\u00adly can\u00adnot con\u00adclude that it\u2019s a neg\u00ada\u00adtive rela\u00adtion\u00adship. That finds basi\u00adcal\u00adly no sup\u00adport in this data at all. There\u2019s some evi\u00addence that the rela\u00adtion\u00adship may not be sta\u00adtis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant, but for me, the regres\u00adsion clears that up. Peo\u00adple who are more edu\u00adcat\u00aded are more like\u00adly to be attend\u00ading a reli\u00adgious ser\u00advice in the local house of wor\u00adship this week\u00adend than those with a high school diplo\u00adma or less. That\u2019s what the pre\u00adpon\u00adder\u00adance of evi\u00addence tells me.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A deep\u00ader dive than you often find on this top\u00adic. Empha\u00adsis in orig\u00adi\u00adnal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/oh-slay-the-wicked\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018O Slay the Wicked\u2019: How Chris\u00adtians Sing Curs\u00ades<\/a> (Greg Morse, Desir\u00ading God): \u201cDo we ever say any\u00adthing uncom\u00adfort\u00adable in the pres\u00adence of evil \u2014 or worse, do we even care? The psalmists did. We accuse them of cru\u00adel\u00adty; they accuse us of a twist\u00aded sen\u00adti\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty. We accuse them of not con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading man; they accuse us of not con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading God.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/tgc-podcast\/id270128470?i=1000627158325\" target=\"_blank\">Before You Share Your Faith! How to Be \u2018Evan\u00adge\u00adlism Ready\u2019<\/a> (Matt Smethurst, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): a 16 minute pod\u00adcast rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. I liked the con\u00adtent, the deliv\u00adery was less grip\u00adping than I expect\u00aded. Worth\u00adwhile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.astralcodexten.com\/p\/book-review-elon-musk?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">Book Review: Elon Musk<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cI think Elon Musk is 1\u2011in\u20111,000 lev\u00adel intel\u00adli\u00adgent \u2014 which is great, but means there are still 300,000 peo\u00adple in Amer\u00adi\u00adca smarter than he is. I think he wins by being 1\u2011in-10,000,000 intense.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This review is full of fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading sto\u00adries. 10\/10 rec\u00adom\u00admend if you have any inter\u00adest what\u00adso\u00adev\u00ader in Elon Musk.<\/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.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/determined\" target=\"_blank\">Deter\u00admined<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/everyone-whos-ever-worked-anywhere-ever-comes-forward-to-allege-their-boss-created-a-toxic-work-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\">Every\u00adone Who\u2019s Ever Worked Any\u00adwhere Ever Comes For\u00adward To Allege Their Boss Cre\u00adat\u00aded A Tox\u00adic Work Envi\u00adron\u00adment<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): the text on this one is gold. Worth read\u00ading in addi\u00adtion to the head\u00adline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JomboyMedia\/status\/1700564992213316092\" target=\"_blank\">UNO Reverse<\/a> (brief twit\u00adter video)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/09\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sharks<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/christianity-forced-to-close-its-doors-after-atheist-points-out-that-they-still-eat-shellfish-and-wear-mixed-fabrics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Defeat\u00aded After Athe\u00adist Points Out That They Still Eat Shell\u00adfish And Wear Mixed Fab\u00adrics<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/09\/02\/smart-chastity-cage-emails-passwords-location\/?mrfhud=true\" target=\"_blank\">Mak\u00ader of \u2018smart\u2019 chasti\u00adty cage left users\u2019 emails, pass\u00adwords, and loca\u00adtions exposed<\/a> (Loren\u00adzo Franceschi-Bic\u00adchierai, TechCrunch): \u201cA com\u00adpa\u00adny that makes a chasti\u00adty device for peo\u00adple with a penis that can be con\u00adtrolled by a part\u00adner over the inter\u00adnet exposed users\u2019 email address\u00ades, plain\u00adtext pass\u00adwords, home address\u00ades and IP address\u00ades, and \u2014 in some cas\u00ades \u2014 GPS coor\u00addi\u00adnates, due to sev\u00ader\u00adal flaws in its servers, accord\u00ading to a secu\u00adri\u00adty researcher.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Every\u00adthing about that open\u00ading para\u00adgraph is mak\u00ading me laugh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ig-nobels-prize-2023-3f34e020cfb9154c240dfef7c076f177\" target=\"_blank\">Repur\u00adpos\u00ading dead spi\u00adders, count\u00ading cadav\u00ader nose hairs win Ig Nobels for com\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic feats<\/a> (Lisa Rathke, AP News): \u201cCount\u00ading nose hairs in cadav\u00aders, repur\u00adpos\u00ading dead spi\u00adders and explain\u00ading why sci\u00aden\u00adtists lick rocks, are among the win\u00adning achieve\u00adments in this year\u2019s Ig Nobels, the prize for humor\u00adous sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic feats, orga\u00adniz\u00aders announced Thurs\u00adday.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/date-with-taylor-swift-off-to-rocky-start-as-she-already-writing-something-in-her-song-idea-book\/\" target=\"_blank\">Date With Tay\u00adlor Swift Off To Rocky Start As She Already Writ\u00ading Some\u00adthing In Her Song Idea Book<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 420, a num\u00adber with cul\u00adtur\u00adal sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcance and also two inter\u00adest\u00ading math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal prop\u00ader\u00adties. 420 = 101 \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/09\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-420\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 420\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":"My weekly roundup of fascinating tidbits from around the internet. 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