{"id":7287,"date":"2023-09-29T21:33:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T04:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7287"},"modified":"2023-09-29T21:33:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T04:33:40","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-422","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/09\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-422","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 422"},"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 422, a num\u00adber which feels like it should have a lot of prime fac\u00adtors but which only has two: 422 = 2\u00b7211.<\/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:\/\/psyche.co\/ideas\/why-religious-belief-provides-a-real-buffer-against-suicide-risk\" target=\"_blank\">Why reli\u00adgious belief pro\u00advides a real buffer against sui\u00adcide risk<\/a> (David H Ros\u00admarin, Psy\u00adche): \u201cThe sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic world in gen\u00ader\u00adal, and the dis\u00adci\u00adplines of behav\u00adiour\u00adal health in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, tend to be biased against mat\u00adters of spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty and reli\u00adgion. The exist\u00ading lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture is enough to show that these fac\u00adtors have large pro\u00adtec\u00adtive effects against sui\u00adcide. If anoth\u00ader vari\u00adable had even half the val\u00adue for any major pub\u00adlic health con\u00adcern, I sus\u00adpect it would receive sub\u00adstan\u00adtial\u00adly more atten\u00adtion.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Har\u00advard Med\u00adical School.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/24\/opinion\/friendship-loneliness.html\" target=\"_blank\">Being There<\/a> (David French, New York Times): \u201cI\u2019ve nev\u00ader met a per\u00adson who <em>wants<\/em> to lose friends. But I\u2019ve met many, many peo\u00adple who suf\u00adfer from lone\u00adli\u00adness and say that they just \u2018lost touch.\u2019 What hap\u00adpened? I ask. \u2018Life hap\u00adpened,\u2019 they say. At each new stage of life it was eas\u00adi\u00ader to say no to a friend than to say no to work, to a spouse, to one\u2019s kids. And while each indi\u00advid\u00adual no can be under\u00adstand\u00adable and even jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adable, the accu\u00admu\u00adla\u00adtion of noes suf\u00adfo\u00adcates friend\u00adships, even with\u00adout an argu\u00adment, a breach or a betray\u00adal.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/september-web-only\/zen-buddhism-meditation-christianity-testimony-truth.html?share=3uB5sFv0SIn5kCkSnCRmqYiXbHY8TFae\" target=\"_blank\">Unable to Find Ulti\u00admate Truth in Zen Bud\u00addhism, I Turned to Jesus<\/a> (Sita Slavov, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cIn Zen, I often felt alone in the trench\u00ades with my dark\u00adest thoughts and feel\u00adings. And even the most beau\u00adti\u00adful moments I expe\u00adri\u00adenced dur\u00ading meditation\u2014those moments of delight in God\u2019s creation\u2014were use\u00adless with\u00adout a com\u00adpelling frame\u00adwork to process and inte\u00adgrate them into my life. In con\u00adtrast, when I med\u00adi\u00adtate on God\u2019s Word and pres\u00adence, the Holy Spir\u00adit sus\u00adtains me in the trench\u00ades, and Scrip\u00adture pro\u00advides the frame\u00adwork to under\u00adstand my expe\u00adri\u00adence.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ad2c568b-e76f-40c8-92a9-5622a6b50776\" target=\"_blank\">Win\u00adners don\u2019t do irony<\/a> (Janan Ganesh, Finan\u00adcial Times): \u201cPeo\u00adple who deal in high\u00ader stakes have to insu\u00adlate them\u00adselves from the arch\u00adness and cyn\u00adi\u00adcism of the wider cul\u00adture. Irony gets noth\u00ading done. It is the creed of the pas\u00adsive observ\u00ader. Not every\u00adone who is inca\u00adpable of irony is a win\u00adner, no. But lots of win\u00adners are inca\u00adpable of irony.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.premierchristianity.com\/new-atheism-has-collapsed-the-tide-is-turning-on-belief-in-god\/16350.article\" target=\"_blank\">New athe\u00adism has col\u00adlapsed. The tide is turn\u00ading on belief in God<\/a> (Justin Brier\u00adly, Pre\u00admiere Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty): \u201cSci\u00adence and rea\u00adson alone won\u2019t buy you mean\u00ading, pur\u00adpose and val\u00adue. Apart from its inter\u00adnal squab\u00adbles, the real rea\u00adson that New Athe\u00adism stalled as a cul\u00adtur\u00adal move\u00adment was that it failed to give peo\u00adple a sto\u00adry to live their life by, so peo\u00adple went look\u00ading for a sto\u00adry else\u00adwhere.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/faith-leaders-green-card-border-congress-f5355ad53bd7bde696b55fd39dcc4591\" target=\"_blank\">A green card pro\u00adcess\u00ading change means US could lose thou\u00adsands of faith lead\u00aders from abroad<\/a> (Gio\u00advan\u00adna Dell\u2019Orto, AP News): \u201cA sud\u00adden pro\u00adce\u00addur\u00adal change in how the fed\u00ader\u00adal gov\u00adern\u00adment process\u00ades green cards for for\u00adeign-born reli\u00adgious work\u00aders, togeth\u00ader with his\u00adtoric highs in num\u00adbers of ille\u00adgal bor\u00adder crossers, means that thou\u00adsands of cler\u00adgy like him are los\u00ading the abil\u00adi\u00adty to remain in this coun\u00adtry.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This obser\u00adva\u00adtion was inter\u00adest\u00ading to me: \u201cThose from reli\u00adgious orders with vows of pover\u00adty, like Catholic nuns and Bud\u00addhist monks, are espe\u00adcial\u00adly hard hit, because most oth\u00ader employ\u00adment visa cat\u00ade\u00adgories require employ\u00aders to show they\u2019re pay\u00ading for\u00adeign work\u00aders pre\u00advail\u00ading wages. Since they\u2019re get\u00adting no wages, they don\u2019t qual\u00adi\u00adfy.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sen\u00adtences like that are pre\u00adcise\u00adly why reli\u00adgious exemp\u00adtions are need\u00aded for some laws \u2014 the law on its face seems rea\u00adson\u00adable and is designed to pro\u00adtect work\u00aders, but it has the effect of harm\u00ading reli\u00adgious work\u00aders of mul\u00adti\u00adple faiths because the total\u00adly fine way they do things does\u00adn\u2019t map onto the way most of soci\u00adety works.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/drones-everywhere-how-the-technological-revolution-on-ukraine-battlefields-is-reshaping-modern-warfare-bf5d531b\" target=\"_blank\">Drones Every\u00adwhere: How the Tech\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion on Ukraine Bat\u00adtle\u00adfields Is Reshap\u00ading Mod\u00adern War\u00adfare<\/a> (Yaroslav Trofi\u00admov, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018It\u2019s a ques\u00adtion of cost,\u2019 said Phillips O\u2019Brien, a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of strate\u00adgic stud\u00adies at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of St. Andrews in Scot\u00adland. \u2018If you can destroy an expen\u00adsive, heavy sys\u00adtem for some\u00adthing that costs much much less, then actu\u00adal\u00adly the pow\u00ader dif\u00adfer\u00aden\u00adtial between the two coun\u00adtries doesn\u2019t mat\u00adter as much.\u2019\u2026 When it comes to tanks, in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, the les\u00adson of the Ukrain\u00adian war is that tank-on-tank bat\u00adtles have become a rarity\u2014which means that the rel\u00ada\u00adtive sophis\u00adti\u00adca\u00adtion of a tank is no longer as impor\u00adtant. Few\u00ader than 5% of tanks destroyed since the war began had been hit by oth\u00ader tanks, accord\u00ading to Ukrain\u00adian offi\u00adcials, with the rest suc\u00adcumb\u00ading to mines, artillery, anti\u00adtank mis\u00adsiles and drones.\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:\/\/twitter.com\/yayalexisgay\/status\/1707111500026900544\" target=\"_blank\">Ask\u00ading a Ten\u00adnis Play\u00ader to Play Pick\u00adle\u00adball<\/a> (Alex\u00adis Gay, Twit\u00adter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/09\/23\" target=\"_blank\">Suc\u00adcess<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine): strong Eccle\u00adsi\u00adastes vibes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/09\/25\" target=\"_blank\">Mis\u00adtakes<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/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 422, a num\u00adber which feels like it should have a lot of prime fac\u00adtors but \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/09\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-422\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 422\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":"Links you'll love - check them out!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[124,217,151,184,310,274],"class_list":["post-7287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-buddhism","tag-friendship","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-war"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Tx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7289,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287\/revisions\/7289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}