{"id":7330,"date":"2023-12-08T20:29:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T04:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7330"},"modified":"2023-12-08T20:29:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T04:29:49","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-431","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/12\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-431","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 431"},"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 431, a prime num\u00adber.<\/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.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/02\/opinion\/south-korea-birth-dearth.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ek0.NkDH.f8o0fYBW0khX&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">Is South Korea Dis\u00adap\u00adpear\u00ading?<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201c[South Korea cur\u00adrent\u00adly has] 0.7 births per woman. It\u2019s worth unpack\u00ading what that means. A coun\u00adtry that sus\u00adtained a birthrate at that lev\u00adel would have, for every 200 peo\u00adple in one gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion, 70 peo\u00adple in the next one, a depop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion exceed\u00ading what the Black Death deliv\u00adered to Europe in the 14th cen\u00adtu\u00adry. Run the exper\u00adi\u00adment through a sec\u00adond gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional turnover, and your orig\u00adi\u00adnal 200-per\u00adson pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion falls below 25. Run it again, and you\u2019re near\u00ading the kind of pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion crash caused by the fic\u00adtion\u00adal super\u00adflu in Stephen King\u2019s \u2018The Stand.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked. The declin\u00ading birthrate is tru\u00adly one of the world\u2019s most impor\u00adtant long-term sto\u00adries. One of the rea\u00adsons is that it will self-cor\u00adrect, but the way that it will self-cor\u00adrect will trans\u00adform soci\u00adeties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/americanmind.org\/salvo\/soft-occultism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Soft Occultism<\/a> (Patri\u00adcia Patn\u00adode, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Mind): \u201cThe new, default spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal iden\u00adti\u00adty for young peo\u00adple in the West is <em>soft occultism<\/em>, or casu\u00adal witch\u00adery. This iden\u00adti\u00adty can eas\u00adi\u00adly accom\u00adpa\u00adny an exist\u00ading reli\u00adgious affil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion, and often does since it is so obvi\u00adous\u00adly inte\u00adgrat\u00aded in most aspects of mod\u00adern West\u00adern cul\u00adture.\u2026 Sur\u00adveys and sci\u00aden\u00adtists have repeat\u00aded\u00adly found that peo\u00adple who have reli\u00adgious beliefs, espe\u00adcial\u00adly those who attend a for\u00admal house of wor\u00adship, tend to be hap\u00adpi\u00ader than those who don\u2019t. Despite this, soft occultists pre\u00adfer to buy puri\u00adfy\u00ading green juices and par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpate in pseu\u00addo-reli\u00adgious gath\u00ader\u00adings. They go to Pilates class but not church, med\u00adi\u00adtate on per\u00adson\u00adal ener\u00adgy but don\u2019t pray. Take vit\u00ada\u00admin sup\u00adple\u00adments but not com\u00admu\u00adnion. Sit through ther\u00ada\u00adpy but not con\u00adfes\u00adsion.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/the-forgotten-dispute-that-could?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">The For\u00adgot\u00adten Dis\u00adpute that Could Ignite a War in South Amer\u00adi\u00adca<\/a> (Fran\u00adcis\u00adco Toro, Per\u00adsua\u00adsion): \u201cYes\u00adter\u00adday, Venezue\u00adlans vot\u00aded in a non-bind\u00ading ref\u00ader\u00aden\u00addum to annex the Esse\u00adqui\u00adbo ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adry, a stretch of jun\u00adgle that makes up around two-thirds of the land\u00admass of Venezuela\u2019s east\u00adern neigh\u00adbor, tiny Guyana. Des\u00adper\u00adate for a win amid a new\u00adly unit\u00aded oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion and a chron\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly sick econ\u00ado\u00admy, the left\u00adist dic\u00adta\u00adtor\u00adship of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro dust\u00aded off a musty old dis\u00adpute to fan the nation\u00adal\u00adist flames. As a mat\u00adter of inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal law, Maduro has no leg to stand on. A mil\u00adi\u00adtary adven\u00adture into Esse\u00adqui\u00adbo is improbable\u2014Venezuela\u2019s mil\u00adi\u00adtary remains laser-focused on the one thing it does well, and that\u2019s traf\u00adfick\u00ading cocaine, not fight\u00ading wars. But dic\u00adta\u00adtor\u00adships are inher\u00adent\u00adly unpre\u00addictable, and the prospect of a mil\u00adi\u00adtary adven\u00adture is send\u00ading jit\u00adters around the region.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Some help\u00adful back\u00adsto\u00adry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newser.com\/story\/343422\/george-santos-new-gig-selling-videos-on-cameo.html\" target=\"_blank\">San\u00adtos\u2019 Cameo Earn\u00adings Exceed His House Salary<\/a> (John John\u00adson, News\u00ader): \u201cSan\u00adtos\u2019 House salary stood at $174,000, and Semafor reports he has \u2018lined up more than that sum\u2019 in just his first 48 hours on the Cameo plat\u00adform.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This sto\u00adry seems to sum\u00adma\u00adrize some\u00adthing impor\u00adtant about the soci\u00adetal moment we are liv\u00ading in. I invite you to draw your own con\u00adclu\u00adsions about what that impor\u00adtant some\u00adthing is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/what-the-algorithm-does-to-young?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">What The Algo\u00adrithm Does To Young Girls<\/a> (Freya India, Per\u00adsua\u00adsion): \u201c\u2026I believe we have <em>some <\/em>per\u00adson\u00adal agency. But I also believe that a 12-year-old\u2019s mind is no match for a giant cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtion using the most advanced AI to manip\u00adu\u00adlate her behav\u00adior. Gen Z were the guinea pigs in this uncon\u00adtrolled glob\u00adal social exper\u00adi\u00adment. We were the first to have our vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties and inse\u00adcu\u00adri\u00adties fed into a machine that mag\u00adni\u00adfied and refract\u00aded them back at us, all the time, before we had any sense of who we were. We didn\u2019t just grow up with algo\u00adrithms. They raised us. They rearranged our faces. Shaped our iden\u00adti\u00adties. Con\u00advinced us we were sick.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2023\/12\/the-university-presidents.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-university-presidents\" target=\"_blank\">The Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty pres\u00adi\u00addents<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cOver\u00adall this was a dark day for Amer\u00adi\u00adcan high\u00ader edu\u00adca\u00adtion. I want you to keep in mind that the incen\u00adtives you saw on dis\u00adplay rule so many oth\u00ader parts of the sys\u00adtem, albeit usu\u00adal\u00adly invis\u00adi\u00adbly. Don\u2019t for\u00adget that. These uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty pres\u00adi\u00addents have solved for what they think is the equi\u00adlib\u00adri\u00adum, and it ain\u2019t pret\u00adty.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can find the video of the Har\u00advard, MIT, and Penn pres\u00adi\u00addents\u2019 Con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal tes\u00adti\u00admo\u00adny eas\u00adi\u00adly with a search if you haven\u2019t seen it yet. Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daniel_Sugarman\/status\/1732363021287035145\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daniel_Sugarman\/status\/1732363021287035145\">the spe\u00adcif\u00adic snip\u00adpet<\/a> Cowen is com\u00adment\u00ading on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2023\/12\/08\/stanford-condemns-calls-for-genocide-of-jews\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stan\u00adford con\u00addemns calls for geno\u00adcide of Jews<\/a> (Car\u00ado\u00adline Chen, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cStan\u00adford \u2018unequiv\u00ado\u00adcal\u00adly\u2019 con\u00addemned \u2018calls for the geno\u00adcide of Jews or any peo\u00adples\u2019.\u2026 The state\u00adment opened with acknowl\u00adedg\u00adment of \u2018the con\u00adtext of nation\u00adal dis\u00adcourse,\u2019 amid nation\u00adal con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsy over a Wednes\u00adday con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal hear\u00ading where the pres\u00adi\u00addents of Har\u00advard Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, the Mass\u00ada\u00adchu\u00adsetts Insti\u00adtute of Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy and the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia appeared to evade ques\u00adtions on dis\u00adci\u00adplin\u00ading stu\u00addents who called for the geno\u00adcide of Jew\u00adish peo\u00adple.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/the-crooked-inklings\" target=\"_blank\">The Prob\u00adlem\u00adat\u00adic Inklings<\/a> (G. Con\u00adnor Salter, Mere Ortho\u00addoxy): \u201cOf course, see\u00ading some\u00adone as a saint makes it hard to believe the per\u00adson had flaws. It\u2019s not easy to admit that the Inklings\u2014Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and their friends who met week\u00adly to share their writings\u2014weren\u2019t the per\u00adfect heroes revered in Chris\u00adt\u00adian home\u00adschool guides. But even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly, we must rec\u00adog\u00adnize that everyone\u2019s life is com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sur\u00adpris\u00ading details I did not know, most\u00adly about some of the less famous Inklings.<\/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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-hopes-to-one-day-be-as-happy-as-the-people-in-this-hepatitis-b-commercial\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man Hopes To One Day Be As Hap\u00adpy As Peo\u00adple In This Hepati\u00adtis B Com\u00admer\u00adcial<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/ugly-2\" target=\"_blank\">Hack\u00ading The Ugly Sweater Con\u00adtest<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/california-man-confused-why-he-would-play-gta-vi-when-he-can-commit-crimes-without-consequence-in-real-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia Man Con\u00adfused Why He Would Play \u2018GTA VI\u2019 When He Can Com\u00admit Crimes With\u00adout Con\u00adse\u00adquence In Real Life<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2019\/01\/bald-guys-are-hot-fact.html\" target=\"_blank\">Why Would Any Man Not Want to Be Bald?<\/a> (Edith Zim\u00admer\u00adman, The Cut): \u201cTo which I say, objec\u00adtive\u00adly, why would any man resist going bald? It\u2019s so attrac\u00adtive, it bog\u00adgles my mind. If I were a guy, I\u2019d be excit\u00aded. I\u2019d kneel beside my bed at night and pray for it. Bald\u00adness sig\u00adnals testos\u00adterone (well, com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded\u00adly), wis\u00addom, and man\u00adli\u00adness; why would any\u00adone fight that? I know we\u2019re all dif\u00adfer\u00adent, but hon\u00adest\u00adly why would any\u00adone have any oth\u00ader opin\u00adion on this top\u00adic?\u201d Old\u00ader, but I want\u00aded to pass it along to you all. Be blessed by this wis\u00addom.<\/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 431, a prime num\u00adber. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Less Seri\u00adous Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/12\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-431\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 431\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 to inform and entertain, including one which holds forth persuasively on the virtues of baldness.","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":[131,120,327,117,260,268,330],"class_list":["post-7330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-academia","tag-famous-christians","tag-fertility","tag-politics","tag-social-media","tag-south-america","tag-south-korea"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Ue","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7330","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=7330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7331,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7330\/revisions\/7331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}