{"id":7356,"date":"2024-01-12T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T22:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7356"},"modified":"2024-01-12T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T22:15:10","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-435","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/01\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-435","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 435"},"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 435, a <a href=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/TriangularNumber.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/TriangularNumber.html\">tri\u00adan\u00adgu\u00adlar num\u00adber<\/a>.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sJRz5fLCmM8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Ground of Our Assur\u00adance<\/a> (D. A. Car\u00adson, YouTube): three and a half excel\u00adlent min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freyaindia.co.uk\/p\/no-not-everyone-needs-therapy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">No, Not Every\u00adone Needs Ther\u00ada\u00adpy<\/a> (Freya India, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026 there are peo\u00adple who now feel <em>pres\u00adsured <\/em>to get pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal help for nor\u00admal neg\u00ada\u00adtive emotions\u2014teens and pre-teens con\u00advinced the rea\u00adson they\u2019re sad some\u00adtimes is because they\u2019re <em>bro\u00adken <\/em>and haven\u2019t paid enough to be healed. Now <em>not going <\/em>to ther\u00ada\u00adpy is a red flag. Seek\u00ading sup\u00adport from friends and fam\u00adi\u00adly is exploit\u00ading their \u2019emo\u00adtion\u00adal labour\u2019. And men are shamed for pre\u00adfer\u00adring to chat to their mates about their prob\u00adlems than pay a stranger, like that one Bet\u00adter\u00adHelp ad where a woman dis\u00admiss\u00ades a guy she\u2019s dat\u00ading because he \u2018doesn\u2019t do ther\u00ada\u00adpy\u2019.<em> Think about that! <\/em>How have we reached the point where we\u2019re stig\u00adma\u00adtis\u00ading peo\u00adple for <em>not<\/em> need\u00ading men\u00adtal health sup\u00adport?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/against-biblical-productivity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What If There Is No Such Thing as \u2018Bib\u00adli\u00adcal\u2019 Pro\u00adduc\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty?<\/a> (Brady Bow\u00adman, Mere Ortho\u00addoxy): \u201c\u2026the \u2018pro\u00adduc\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty mind\u00adset\u2019 seems to me, at least in some ways, deeply incon\u00adgru\u00adent with the Bible\u2019s vision of real\u00adi\u00adty. To say it more sim\u00adply, to adopt an out\u00adlook dom\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded by speed and effi\u00adcien\u00adcy and pro\u00adduc\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty is to adopt a per\u00adspec\u00adtive that is alien to the writ\u00aders of Scrip\u00adture.\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-01-technology-archaeological-biblical.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy inter\u00adprets archae\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal find\u00adings from Bib\u00adli\u00adcal times<\/a> (Tel Aviv Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, Phys.org): \u201cApply\u00ading their method to find\u00adings from ancient Gath (Tell es-Safi in cen\u00adtral Israel), the researchers val\u00adi\u00addat\u00aded the Bib\u00adli\u00adcal account, \u2018About this time Haz\u00ada\u00adel King of Aram went up and attacked Gath and cap\u00adtured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem\u2019 (2 Kings 12, 18). They explain that, unlike pre\u00advi\u00adous meth\u00adods, the new tech\u00adnique can deter\u00admine whether a cer\u00adtain item (such as a mud brick) under\u00adwent a fir\u00ading event even at rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly low tem\u00adper\u00ada\u00adtures, from 200\u00b0C and up.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-01-06\/us-intelligence-shows-flawed-china-missiles-led-xi-jinping-to-purge-military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US Intel\u00adli\u00adgence Shows Flawed Chi\u00adna Mis\u00adsiles Led Xi to Purge Army<\/a> (Peter Mar\u00adtin and Jen\u00adnifer Jacobs, Bloomberg): \u201cThe cor\u00adrup\u00adtion inside China\u2019s Rock\u00adet Force and through\u00adout the nation\u2019s defense indus\u00adtri\u00adal base is so exten\u00adsive that US offi\u00adcials now believe Xi is less like\u00adly to con\u00adtem\u00adplate major mil\u00adi\u00adtary action in the com\u00ading years than would oth\u00ader\u00adwise have been the case, accord\u00ading to the peo\u00adple, who asked not to be named dis\u00adcussing intel\u00adli\u00adgence.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This may be the most impor\u00adtant bit of geopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal news you read this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/07\/briefing\/the-misguided-war-on-the-sat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Mis\u00adguid\u00aded War on the SAT<\/a> (David Leon\u00adhardt, New York Times): \u201cWith the Supreme Court\u2019s restric\u00adtion of affir\u00adma\u00adtive action last year, emo\u00adtions around col\u00adlege admis\u00adsions are run\u00adning high. The debate over stan\u00addard\u00adized test\u00ading has become caught up in deep\u00ader ques\u00adtions about inequal\u00adi\u00adty in Amer\u00adi\u00adca and what pur\u00adpose, ulti\u00admate\u00adly, the nation\u2019s uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties should serve. But the data sug\u00adgests that test\u00ading crit\u00adics have drawn the wrong bat\u00adtle lines. If test scores are used as one fac\u00adtor among oth\u00aders \u2014 and if col\u00adleges give appli\u00adcants cred\u00adit for hav\u00ading over\u00adcome adver\u00adsi\u00adty \u2014 the SAT and ACT can help cre\u00adate diverse class\u00ades of high\u00adly tal\u00adent\u00aded stu\u00addents. Restor\u00ading the tests might also help address a dif\u00adfer\u00adent frus\u00adtra\u00adtion that many Amer\u00adi\u00adcans have with the admis\u00adsions process at elite uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties: that it has become too opaque and uncon\u00adnect\u00aded to mer\u00adit.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Not the main point of the essay, but worth com\u00adment\u00ading that pol\u00adi\u00adtics poi\u00adsons what\u00adev\u00ader it polar\u00adizes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2024\/01\/the-peculiar-story-of-c-s-lewis-and-janie-king-moore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Pecu\u00adliar Sto\u00adry of C. S. Lewis and Janie King Moore<\/a> (Bethel McGrew, First Things): \u201cLewis\u2019s let\u00adters from this peri\u00adod are marked by an under\u00adstat\u00aded deep relief. He wrote to a fre\u00adquent cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00addent that he was only just begin\u00adning to appre\u00adci\u00adate \u2018how bad it was\u2019 in hind\u00adsight. And yet, though we miss the works he might have writ\u00adten under dif\u00adfer\u00adent cir\u00adcum\u00adstances, we might also won\u00adder whether the books we have would have been the same, had duty not com\u00adpelled him to die to self every day for the sake of one frag\u00adile, impos\u00adsi\u00adble old woman. In the end, his own words rang as true for him\u00adself as they did for every\u00adone else: \u2018Whether we like it or not God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want.\u2019\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 href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2878\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Super\u00adno\u00adva<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/you-know-these-fine-citizens-may-really-have-a-point-and-id-like-to-learn-more-about-their-cause-thinks-driver-blocked-by-protesters-for-3-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018You Know, These Fine Cit\u00adi\u00adzens May Real\u00adly Have A Point And I\u2019d Like To Learn More About Their Cause,\u2019 Thinks Dri\u00adver Blocked By Pro\u00adtest\u00aders For 3 Hours<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/737913171625508864\/batcatpresent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Men, Women, and Christ\u00admas Presents<\/a> (Text From Super\u00adheroes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/philospohy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philospo\u00adhy<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2875\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 Elec\u00adtion Year<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2879\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Like This One<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/real-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Real<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/unbeliever-converted-to-christianity-after-seeing-christians-bicker-with-each-other-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unbe\u00adliev\u00ader Con\u00advert\u00aded To Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty After See\u00ading Chris\u00adtians Bick\u00ader With Each Oth\u00ader Online<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V1e0apyGASc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion Gap<\/a> (YouTube): three fun\u00adny min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SWO_raI7rBk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SpaceX Esca\u00adlat\u00ading Launch Cadence<\/a> (Hazegra\u00adyart, YouTube): five min\u00adutes that dri\u00adves home just how wild this is. You can love Musk or hate him, but you can\u2019t deny that the com\u00adpa\u00adnies he helms are trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtive.<\/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 435, a tri\u00adan\u00adgu\u00adlar 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\/2024\/01\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-435\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 435\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":"Fun and provocative readings. 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