{"id":7405,"date":"2024-03-22T17:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T00:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7405"},"modified":"2024-03-22T17:08:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T00:08:31","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-445","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/03\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-445","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 445"},"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 445, which feels like it ought to have many fac\u00adtors. But it\u2019s just 89 * 5.<\/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.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/14\/opinion\/harvard-mit-and-systemic-antisemitism.html?ugrp=u&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.ek0.ro4q._Hao-Seear-e&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Har\u00advard, M.I.T. and Sys\u00adtemic Anti\u00adsemitism<\/a> (David French, New York Times): \u201c\u2026what\u2019s hap\u00adpen\u00ading to Jew\u00adish stu\u00addents and fac\u00adul\u00adty at sev\u00ader\u00adal elite cam\u00adpus\u00ades is so com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive and all-con\u00adsum\u00ading that it can only be described as sys\u00adtemic anti\u00adsemitism.\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. Worth read\u00ading. Unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/how-to-save-a-democracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How To Save a Democ\u00adra\u00adcy<\/a> (Quico Toro, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWatch\u00ading videos of the protest now, what strikes you is that Bernar\u00addo Ar\u00e9\u00adva\u00adlo is sel\u00addom men\u00adtioned. K\u2019iche\u2019 lead\u00aders were at pains to empha\u00adsize they were not there to favor one politi\u00adcian or anoth\u00ader. They were there to defend their votes. If Ar\u00e9valo\u2019s name was sel\u00addom uttered, the name of Jesus Christ was con\u00adstant\u00adly invoked.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A remark\u00adable sto\u00adry.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/17\/us\/evangelicals-christians-conservative-trump.html?ugrp=u&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.ek0.vS1R.YNZJi9V_KPfi&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Piety and Pro\u00adfan\u00adi\u00adty: The Raunchy Chris\u00adtians Are Here<\/a> (Ruth Gra\u00adham, New York Times): \u201cThe par\u00adtial embrace of vul\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adty, Dr. Kobes Du Mez point\u00aded out, is hap\u00adpen\u00ading in a moment of deep con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive out\u00adrage, an often vis\u00adcer\u00adal dis\u00adgust, at ris\u00ading rates of non\u00adtra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal gen\u00adder and sex\u00adu\u00adal iden\u00adti\u00adties, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly among young peo\u00adple. In that con\u00adtext, an indul\u00adgence in het\u00adero\u00adsex\u00adu\u00adal lust, even if in poor taste, is becom\u00ading seen as not just benign, but maybe even healthy and noble. Part of the rea\u00adson trans\u00adgen\u00adder iden\u00adti\u00adties are con\u00adsid\u00adered a threat is that they blur gen\u00adder dif\u00adfer\u00adence, Dr. Kobes Du Mez said. \u2018Against that back\u00addrop, it\u2019s a whole\u00adsome thing for a boy to be lust\u00ading after a very sexy woman.\u2019\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalismandfreedom.substack.com\/p\/episode-28-steven-d-levitt-freakonomics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steven D. Levitt (Freako\u00adnom\u00adics co-author and Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Chica\u00adgo Eco\u00adnom\u00adics Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor) on His Career And Deci\u00adsion To Retire From Aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic Eco\u00adnom\u00adics<\/a> (Jon Hart\u00adley, Cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism and Free\u00addom): \u201cI had always been the smartest kid or close to the smartest kid, but then I got to MIT and I real\u00adized my God these peo\u00adple are incred\u00adi\u00adble. Not just what they know but how they think. So, I knew from day one I was the odd man out. I mean I\u2019m not even exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00ading when I say that there was a group of peo\u00adple in the in-crowd. Aus\u00adtan Gools\u00adbee, my good friend Aus\u00adtan Gools\u00adbee was one of the in-crowds. And Aus\u00adtan told me that maybe a month into our first year at MIT, the in-crowd sat down and they made a list of the five peo\u00adple most like\u00adly to fail out. And I was on that list of five.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An absolute\u00adly delight\u00adful inter\u00adview. The above link is to the tran\u00adscript, but I rec\u00adom\u00admend <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/steven-d-levitt-freakonomics-co-author-and-u-chicago\/id1597594188?i=1000649022075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the audio ver\u00adsion<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshbarro.com\/p\/the-policy-stakes-in-this-election?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Pol\u00adi\u00adcy Stakes in this Elec\u00adtion Are High<\/a> (Josh Bar\u00adro, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThis pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial elec\u00adtion is not very inter\u00adest\u00ading, but it is impor\u00adtant. And some of the rea\u00adsons it\u2019s impor\u00adtant are the banal rea\u00adsons that every pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial elec\u00adtion is impor\u00adtant: You get dif\u00adfer\u00adent pol\u00adi\u00adcy out\u00adcomes depend\u00ading on who gets elect\u00aded.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Writ\u00adten from a cen\u00adter-left per\u00adspec\u00adtive. Even if you dis\u00adagree with Bar\u00adro on your pre\u00adferred pol\u00adi\u00adcy out\u00adcomes, I think he does a nice job of sum\u00adma\u00adriz\u00ading some of the most impor\u00adtant dif\u00adfer\u00adences (although he leaves off a few big ones about which the two admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtions have dif\u00adfer\u00adent track records such as reli\u00adgious free\u00addom, DEI issues, etc).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OPGvdo1YLnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Are Drunk Peo\u00adple in New Orleans More Sen\u00adsi\u00adble Than Con\u00adgress?<\/a> (Ben Meets Amer\u00adi\u00adca, YouTube): four min\u00adutes. If the qual\u00adi\u00adty con\u00adtin\u00adues, I will prob\u00ada\u00adbly be shar\u00ading most install\u00adments of this series.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphsaboutreligion.com\/p\/which-cities-are-the-least-religious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Which Cities are the Least Reli\u00adgious?<\/a> (Ryan Burge, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe least reli\u00adgious cities are at the top and there are two clear win\u00adners here: San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco and Seat\u00adtle. In both cas\u00ades, about sev\u00aden in ten adults are attend\u00ading reli\u00adgious ser\u00advices less than once a year. But I think that San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco make take the crown for most sec\u00adu\u00adlar \u2014 just 12% of folks in that city are attend\u00ading church at least once a month.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Empha\u00adsis removed for read\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty<\/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>This is wild and 100% worth watch\u00ading. I won\u2019t share any spoil\u00aders <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pitdesi\/status\/1753917652870037933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/pitdesi\/status\/1753917652870037933<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2024\/03\/19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Col\u00adlege Admis\u00adsions<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2024\/03\/22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Appli\u00adca\u00adtions<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/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 445, which feels like it ought to have many fac\u00adtors. But it\u2019s just 89 * \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/03\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-445\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 445\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 make you think.","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":[131,259,307,240,160,117],"class_list":["post-7405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-academia","tag-antisemitism","tag-democracy","tag-elite-colleges","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Vr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7405","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=7405"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7407,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7405\/revisions\/7407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}