{"id":7291,"date":"2023-10-06T20:39:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T03:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7291"},"modified":"2023-10-06T20:39:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T03:39:52","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-423","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/10\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-423","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 423"},"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, vol\u00adume 423, is the sum of 13 con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive prime num\u00adbers: 11 + 13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37 + 41 + 43 + 47 + 53 + 59.<\/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.freyaindia.co.uk\/p\/how-family-breakdown-hits-girls\" target=\"_blank\">How Fam\u00adi\u00adly Break\u00addown Hits Girls<\/a> (Freya India, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cOurs is a cul\u00adture <em>obsessed <\/em>with trau\u00adma! We think we can get PTSD from uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty speak\u00aders and stu\u00adpid jokes and elec\u00adtion results. And yet it\u2019s also a cul\u00adture which large\u00adly ignores and even <em>glam\u00ador\u00adis\u00ades<\/em> what seems to me one of the most obvi\u00adous trau\u00admas of all?? If any\u00adthing qual\u00adi\u00adfies as traumatic\u2014as in, an emo\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly dis\u00adtress\u00ading event that leaves a last\u00ading impact\u2014surely it\u2019s fam\u00adi\u00adly break\u00addown, which real\u00adly does seem to stay with peo\u00adple, shape their view of love and life and just keep play\u00ading out, over and over?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/september-web-only\/men-not-singing-in-church-male-voice-masculinity.html?share=3uB5sFv0SIn6UzsHvMPI8CUjw1NwHn3t\" target=\"_blank\">All About That Tenor: Why Men Don\u2019t Sing in Wor\u00adship<\/a> (Kelsey Cramer McGin\u00adnis, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThe low\u00ader rate of musi\u00adcal par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion among men\u2026 has a lot to do with the male voice itself\u2014its range and pat\u00adterns of development\u2014and social\u00adiza\u00adtion in a cul\u00adture where so many men are uncom\u00adfort\u00adable with their own voic\u00ades\u2026. Men hear high\u00ader, wider vocal ranges from pop\u00adu\u00adlar singers and wor\u00adship lead\u00aders; Chris Tom\u00adlin and Phil Wick\u00adham have famous\u00adly impres\u00adsive tenor ranges, far out of reach for most male voic\u00ades.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked, rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.undergroundthomist.org\/the-real-problem-with-the-superrich\" target=\"_blank\">The Real Prob\u00adlem With the Super\u00adrich<\/a> (J. Budziszews\u00adki, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cOth\u00ader than from sheer jeal\u00adousy, why should any\u00adone object to some peo\u00adple hav\u00ading far more wealth than oth\u00aders?\u2026 wealth is a means to polit\u00adi\u00adcal pow\u00ader, and those who crave wealth tend to be the sorts of per\u00adsons who crave pow\u00ader too. You can run an oli\u00adgarchy if some peo\u00adple are super\u00adrich \u2013 and some oli\u00adgarchies are bet\u00adter than oth\u00aders \u2014 but if you try to run a repub\u00adlic that way, you will lose it.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A thought\u00adful arti\u00adcle from a Chris\u00adt\u00adian philoso\u00adpher at UT Austin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/october-web-only\/andy-stanley-unconditional-conference-theology-lgbt.html?share=3uB5sFv0SImd9YfpXuTD5J0scZjUpVeU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andy Stanley\u2019s \u2018Uncon\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal\u2019 Con\u00adtra\u00addic\u00adtion<\/a> (Sam All\u00adber\u00adry, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cI have always been sin\u00adgle. On the whole, it has been deeply joy\u00adous. But I am not immune from temp\u00adta\u00adtion, and when any leader sug\u00adgests to me that chaste obe\u00addi\u00adence to Christ in sin\u00adgle\u00adness is not sus\u00adtain\u00adable, he is say\u00ading the very same thing to me that the Dev\u00adil says.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked. The whole thing is worth read\u00ading for con\u00adtext.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/america-now-paying-more-interest-113000591.html\" target=\"_blank\">Amer\u00adi\u00adca is now pay\u00ading more in inter\u00adest on its record $33 tril\u00adlion debt than on nation\u00adal defense \u2014 here\u2019s who holds the IOUs<\/a> (Ser\u00adah Louis, Yahoo Finance): \u201cAmerica\u2019s gross nation\u00adal debt hit an eye-water\u00ading $33 tril\u00adlion for the first time in Sep\u00adtem\u00adber \u2014 mere months after eclips\u00ading the $32 tril\u00adlion mark ear\u00adli\u00ader in the year. The U.S. is also cur\u00adrent\u00adly spend\u00ading more to pay inter\u00adest on the nation\u00adal debt than it does on nation\u00adal defense, accord\u00ading to the Treasury\u2019s month\u00adly state\u00adment.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What a stun\u00adning sta\u00adtis\u00adtic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4565123\" target=\"_blank\">The Labor Mar\u00adket Returns of Being An Artist: Evi\u00addence from the Unit\u00aded States, 2006\u20132021<\/a> (Chris\u00adtos Makridis, SSRN): \u201cFirst, I find a decline in the rel\u00ada\u00adtive earn\u00adings of artists to non-artists from zero to a 15% dis\u00adad\u00advan\u00adtage. After con\u00adtrol\u00adling for demo\u00adgraph\u00adic dif\u00adfer\u00adences, the decline is sharp\u00ader, declin\u00ading from a 15% earn\u00adings dis\u00adad\u00advan\u00adtage to 30%. That the inclu\u00adsion of demo\u00adgraph\u00adic con\u00adtrols rais\u00ades the earn\u00adings gap sug\u00adgests there is pos\u00adi\u00adtive selec\u00adtion into the arts. Sec\u00adond, these dif\u00adfer\u00adences decline in mag\u00adni\u00adtude to 4.4%, but remain sta\u00adtis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant, after exploit\u00ading vari\u00ada\u00adtion among artists and non-artists in the same indus\u00adtry-year and major occu\u00adpa\u00adtion. Third, when restrict\u00ading the set of indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals to those with at least a col\u00adlege degree, those with a fine arts degree also incur an earn\u00adings and employ\u00adment penal\u00adty even if they work in the arts. These results high\u00adlight the increas\u00ading finan\u00adcial pre\u00adcar\u00adi\u00adous\u00adness of artists over the past decade.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The excerpt is from the abstract. Chris\u00adtos is an alum\u00adnus of our min\u00adistry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hedgehogreview.com\/web-features\/thr\/posts\/unbiblical-scholarship\" target=\"_blank\">Unbib\u00adli\u00adcal Schol\u00adar\u00adship<\/a> (Alan Jacobs, The Hedge\u00adhog Review): \u201cIf we can insist\u2014as many (though not enough) grad\u00adu\u00adate pro\u00adgrams still do\u2014that stu\u00addents learn lan\u00adguages oth\u00ader than Eng\u00adlish in order to pur\u00adsue the study of Eng\u00adlish writ\u00aders, then we can also insist that they acquire bib\u00adli\u00adcal lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adcy. Every grad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addent in the human\u00adi\u00adties should be required to take a course in the Eng\u00adlish Bible, a course that, among oth\u00ader things, requires the mem\u00ado\u00adriza\u00adtion and recita\u00adtion of large chunks of the bib\u00adli\u00adcal text.\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.youtube.com\/watch?v=KeiGyflOnIc\" target=\"_blank\">The Prob\u00adlem With Liv\u00ading With Guys<\/a> (Liz Miele, YouTube): nine\u00adty sec\u00adonds. Irra\u00adtional\u00adly judgey come\u00addi\u00adans are often fun\u00adny come\u00addi\u00adans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qd2C8nvEFqA\" target=\"_blank\">Col\u00adlege Admis\u00adsions Then vs Now<\/a> (Hold\u00ader\u00adness Fam\u00adi\u00adly, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/foxtrot.com\/2023\/10\/01\/microfast\/?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=microfast\" target=\"_blank\">Micro\u00adfast\u00ading<\/a> (Fox\u00adtrot)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/730299264592396288\/romanempire\" target=\"_blank\">Bat\u00adman and Rome<\/a> (Texts From Super\u00adheroes)<\/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, vol\u00adume 423, is the sum of 13 con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive prime num\u00adbers: 11 + 13 + 17 + 19 \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/10\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-423\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 423\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. Or at least like. Or perhaps skim. 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