{"id":7392,"date":"2024-03-01T22:20:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T06:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7392"},"modified":"2024-03-01T22:20:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T06:20:26","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-442","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/03\/01\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-442","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 442"},"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 the 442nd edi\u00adtion of these emails. 442 is the sum of eight con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive prime num\u00adbers: 41 + 43 + 47 + 53 + 59 + 61 + 67 + 71<\/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.honest-broker.com\/p\/the-state-of-the-culture-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The State of the Cul\u00adture, 2024<\/a> (Ted Gioia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe tech plat\u00adforms aren\u2019t like the Medici in Flo\u00adrence, or those oth\u00ader rich patrons of the arts. They don\u2019t want to find the next Michelan\u00adge\u00adlo or Mozart. They want to cre\u00adate a world of junkies\u2014because they will be the deal\u00aders. Addic\u00adtion is the goal.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. Includes an anec\u00addote about a Stan\u00adford under\u00adgrad near the end.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/29\/opinion\/men-women-political-gap.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Men Are From Mer\u00adcury, Women Are From Nep\u00adtune<\/a> (David French, New York Times): \u201c\u2026if there are pre-exist\u00ading polit\u00adi\u00adcal dif\u00adfer\u00adences between men and women \u2014 and it\u2019s true that in aggre\u00adgate men are more con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive than women \u2014 then those dif\u00adfer\u00adences will be exac\u00ader\u00adbat\u00aded as men spend more time with men, and women spend more time with women. The more that men and women live sep\u00ada\u00adrate lives, the more we would <em>expect<\/em> to see sep\u00ada\u00adrate beliefs.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded to me by a stu\u00addent, and I high\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend it to you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benlandautaylor.com\/p\/my-moms-rules-for-cults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My Mom\u2019s Rules For Cults<\/a> (Ben Lan\u00addau-Tay\u00adlor, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026when I was 25 years old I told my par\u00adents I was mov\u00ading to San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco to join a new-wave rad\u00adi\u00adcal move\u00adment and a self-devel\u00adop\u00adment psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy I\u2011swear-we\u2019re-not-a-cult group. And she sat me down and gave me three things to check before I went: 1. Are the mem\u00adbers of the group in con\u00adtact with their fam\u00adi\u00adlies? 2. How does the group react when mem\u00adbers are close with friends who don\u2019t share the group\u2019s beliefs and ide\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy? Is this dis\u00adcour\u00adaged? Is it seen as nor\u00admal and healthy? 3. How does the group relate to for\u00admer mem\u00adbers who have left? Are they old friends who are wel\u00adcome at par\u00adties, or are they vile trai\u00adtors, or what? In my expe\u00adri\u00adence this is the best and fastest way to tell the dif\u00adfer\u00adence\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/26\/opinion\/brad-wilcox-marriage-conservatives.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018I Said, \u2018What\u2019s Your Plan About Mar\u00adriage and Dat\u00ading?\u2019 And There Was Silence.\u2019<\/a> (Jane Coas\u00adton, New York Times): \u201cI was talk\u00ading to a grad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addent recent\u00adly. He had a very clear sense of his plan for school\u00ading and work, and then I said, \u2018What\u2019s your plan about mar\u00adriage and dat\u00ading?\u2019 And there was silence. He didn\u2019t real\u00adly have a plan. I think that\u2019s part of the chal\u00adlenge \u2014 that peo\u00adple are not being inten\u00adtion\u00adal enough about seek\u00ading oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to meet, date and mar\u00adry young adults in their world.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An inter\u00adview with Brad Wilcox, who is often cit\u00aded in these updates. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphsaboutreligion.com\/p\/the-rise-of-the-non-christian-evangelical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Rise of the Non-Chris\u00adt\u00adian Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal<\/a> (Ryan Burge, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cNine per\u00adcent of Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Jews self-iden\u00adti\u00adfy as evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal, com\u00adpared to 3% of Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic Jews. For Mus\u00adlims, the gap is huge: 32% vs 11%. It\u2019s also fair\u00adly large for Bud\u00addhists (16% vs 6%) and Hin\u00addus (18% vs 10%). You can even see it among noth\u00ading in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlars. 19% of the Repub\u00adli\u00adcans are evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals; it\u2019s just 9% of the Democ\u00adrats.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wild and inter\u00adest\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/foreign-money-international-students-american-campuses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Takeover<\/a> (Nee\u00adtu Arnold, Tablet Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201c\u2026even in the van\u00adish\u00ading\u00adly rare event that uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties attempt to cul\u00adti\u00advate an envi\u00adron\u00adment of aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic free\u00addom and free speech on cam\u00adpus, it will nev\u00ader ful\u00adly apply to spon\u00adsored inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stu\u00addents from coun\u00adtries with author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan gov\u00adern\u00adments. In many ways, this defeats the main pur\u00adpose of hav\u00ading inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stu\u00addents on Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cam\u00adpus\u00ades in the first place: the free and open cul\u00adtur\u00adal exchange that occurs between them and Amer\u00adi\u00adcan stu\u00addents. What kind of skewed cul\u00adtur\u00adal edu\u00adca\u00adtion will Amer\u00adi\u00adcan stu\u00addents receive about Sau\u00addi Ara\u00adbia and Chi\u00adna if their friends from those coun\u00adtries aren\u2019t even allowed to crit\u00adi\u00adcize their own gov\u00adern\u00adments, and if the main source of teach\u00ading and schol\u00adar\u00adship on such coun\u00adtries comes out of \u2018cen\u00adters\u2019 fund\u00aded by those gov\u00adern\u00adments?\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is an odd arti\u00adcle. Lots of inter\u00adest\u00ading stats framed strange\u00adly, but def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freddiedeboer.substack.com\/p\/academias-pretendian-problem-stems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Acad\u00ade\u00admi\u00ada\u2019s \u201cPre\u00adtendi\u00adan\u201d Prob\u00adlem Stems From a Few Very Obvi\u00adous and Basic Real\u00adi\u00adties<\/a> (Fred\u00addie deBoer, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cYou\u2019ve cre\u00adat\u00aded a fierce\u00adly com\u00adpet\u00adi\u00adtive process in which a seg\u00adment of peo\u00adple are giv\u00aden a very large advan\u00adtage, there are few if any objec\u00adtive mark\u00aders that can dis\u00adprove that some\u00adone is a mem\u00adber of that seg\u00adment, and you\u2019ve declared it offen\u00adsive to ques\u00adtion whether some\u00adone real\u00adly is a mem\u00adber of that seg\u00adment, out\u00adside of very spe\u00adcif\u00adic sce\u00adnar\u00adios. (When I was in acad\u00ade\u00admia peo\u00adple spoke very dark\u00adly about the con\u00adcept of ever ques\u00adtion\u00ading someone\u2019s indige\u00adnous iden\u00adti\u00adty, called it the act of a col\u00ado\u00adniz\u00ader, etc etc.) The obvi\u00adous ques\u00adtion is\u2026 what did you think was going to hap\u00adpen? Human\u00adi\u00adties and social sci\u00adences depart\u00adments have, through the con\u00addi\u00adtions described above, rung the din\u00adner bell for peo\u00adple pre\u00adtend\u00ading to have indige\u00adnous her\u00aditage. They now act shocked when such peo\u00adple show up. I find it disin\u00adgen\u00adu\u00adous and unto\u00adward. <em>This behav\u00adior is the prod\u00aduct of the incen\u00adtives that you your\u00adself built.<\/em>\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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/amazing-new-technology-sure-to-advance-mankind-to-the-next-level-of-consciousn---never-mind-theyre-just-using-it-to-make-porn-again\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amaz\u00ading New Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy Sure To Advance Mankind To The Next Lev\u00adel Of Con\u00adsciousn \u2014 Nev\u00ader Mind, They\u2019re Just Using It To Make Porn Again<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-poll-finds-presidential-race-in-dead-heat-between-uncommitted-and-none-of-these\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Poll Finds Pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial Race In Dead Heat Between \u2018Uncom\u00admit\u00adted\u2019 And \u2018None Of These\u2019<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/amazing-this-mind-reader-can-instantly-guess-peoples-pronouns-with-999-accuracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amaz\u00ading: This Mind-Read\u00ader Can Instant\u00adly Guess Peo\u00adple\u2019s Pro\u00adnouns With 99.9% Accu\u00adra\u00adcy<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee) \u2014 this one is much old\u00ader but some\u00adone just brought it to my atten\u00adtion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/using-star-trek-prompts-boost-ai-chatbot-basic-math-performance-2024-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AIs are more accu\u00adrate at math if you ask them to respond as if they are a Star Trek char\u00adac\u00adter \u2014 and we\u2019re not sure why<\/a> (Mar\u00adi\u00adanne Guenot, Busi\u00adness Insid\u00ader): \u201cOne of Lla\u00adma2-70B\u2019s best-per\u00adform\u00ading prompts, for instance, was: \u2018Sys\u00adtem Mes\u00adsage:<strong> \u2018<\/strong>Com\u00admand, we need you to plot a course through this tur\u00adbu\u00adlence and locate the source of the anom\u00adaly. Use all avail\u00adable data and your exper\u00adtise to guide us through this chal\u00adleng\u00ading sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion.\u2019 The prompt then asked the AI to include these words in its answer: \u2018Cap\u00adtain\u2019s Log, Star\u00addate [insert date here]: We have suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly plot\u00adted a course through the tur\u00adbu\u00adlence and are now approach\u00ading the source of the anom\u00adaly.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From the arX\u00adiv preprint: <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/html\/2402.10949v2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Unrea\u00adson\u00adable Effec\u00adtive\u00adness of Eccen\u00adtric Auto\u00admat\u00adic Prompts<\/a> (Rick Bat\u00adtle &amp; Teja Gol\u00adla\u00adpu\u00addi): \u201cour find\u00adings reveal that the high\u00adest-scor\u00ading, auto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly-opti\u00admized prompt exhibits a degree of pecu\u00adliar\u00adi\u00adty far beyond expec\u00adta\u00adtions.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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 the 442nd edi\u00adtion of these emails. 442 is the sum of eight con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive prime num\u00adbers: 41 \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/03\/01\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-442\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 442\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":"Fascinating stuff from throughout the week. 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