{"id":7385,"date":"2024-02-16T20:11:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T04:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7385"},"modified":"2024-02-16T20:11:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T04:11:04","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-440","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/02\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-440","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 440"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a> On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is volume 440, the sum of the first seventeen prime numbers. 440 = 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 11 + 13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37 + 41 + 43 + 47 + 53 + 59 and that fact makes me happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, I\u2019ve had a busy travel schedule lately and haven\u2019t kept us with as much stuff as I normally do, so this is a shorter compilation than usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. The Christian Super Bowl Ad They SHOULD Have Made | He Saves Us<\/a> (Jamie Bambrick, YouTube): one compelling minute. I don\u2019t have anything against the He Gets Us ads, but this is pretty great.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Christians Are Not Ready for the Age of \u201cAdult AI\u201d<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Substack): \u201cAll variables being equal, it is likely that within twenty years, most online pornography will not feature real human beings. Artificial intelligence systems are already sophisticated enough to fabricate entire bodies convincingly.\u2026 It simply won\u2019t do anymore to try to elicit post-Christian outrage against porn by emphasizing the possibility of sex trafficking or exploitation. In the era of digitally-generated content, the question will no longer be, \u2018Who was hurt in the making of this\u2019 (for the practical answer to that question will be, \u2018No one\u2019). Rather, the question will be, \u2018How am I <\/em>hurt by consuming this,\u2019 and, \u2018Why is this objectively wrong<\/em> for me to enjoy?\u2019 \u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. How China Miscalculated Its Way to a Baby Bust<\/a> (Liyan Qi, Wall Street Journal): \u201cFollowing the data release, researchers from Victoria University in Australia and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences predicted that China will have just 525 million people by the end of the century. That\u2019s down from their previous forecast of 597 million and a precipitous drop from 1.4 billion now.\u201d Recommended by a student.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Marry Young<\/a> (Kasen Stephenson, Stanford Review): \u201cAlthough I\u2019m now twenty-four, I got married as a twenty-two year old undergrad. I then bid farewell to my dorm in Roble and moved into a cozy apartment beyond EVGR with my wife. I have found that most of my classmates are convinced that marriage is in their future, yet they are quite surprised that I married so young. While it\u2019s difficult to exercise control over any timeline, I\u2019m a strong advocate for getting married young, especially at Stanford where young marriages are most uncommon.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. The Lure of Divorce<\/a> (Emily Gould, The Cut): \u201cIt began to seem like I only ever talked to friends who had been through divorces or were contemplating them. One friend who didn\u2019t know whether to split up with her husband thought opening their marriage might be the answer. Another friend described the ease of sharing custody of his young daughter, then admitted that he and his ex-wife still had sex most weekends. In my chronically undecided state, I admired both of these friends who had found, or might have found, a way to split the difference.\u201d