{"id":7409,"date":"2024-03-29T20:35:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T03:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7409"},"modified":"2024-03-29T20:35:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T03:35:52","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-446","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/03\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-446","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 446"},"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 446, which is equal to 9<sup>2<\/sup> + 10<sup>2<\/sup> + 11<sup>2<\/sup> + 12<sup>2<\/sup><\/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.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2024\/03\/stanford-israel-gaza-hamas\/677864\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The War at Stan\u00adford<\/a> (Theo Bak\u00ader, The Atlantic): \u201cAt one point, some mem\u00adbers of the group turned on a few Stan\u00adford employ\u00adees, includ\u00ading anoth\u00ader rab\u00adbi, an imam, and a chap\u00adlain, telling them, \u2018We know your names and we know where you work.\u2019 The ring\u00adleader added: \u2018And we\u2019ll soon find out where you live.\u2019 The reli\u00adgious lead\u00aders formed a pro\u00adtec\u00adtive bar\u00adri\u00ader in front of the Jew\u00adish stu\u00addents. The rab\u00adbi and the imam appeared to be cry\u00ading.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Full of grip\u00adping anec\u00addotes, most new to me. 100% worth read\u00ading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A response that caught my atten\u00adtion: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com\/2024\/03\/are-the-kids-alright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Are the Kids Alright<\/a>? (Robert Far\u00adley, blog): \u201cIsrael-Pales\u00adtine is to inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal rela\u00adtions what St. Patrick\u2019s Day is to an alco\u00adholic; ama\u00adteur night, when every idiot is not only enti\u00adtled to an opin\u00adion but absolute\u00adly must tell you about it in the most abra\u00adsive terms pos\u00adsi\u00adble. But the divide between elite and non-elite cam\u00adpus engage\u00adment with Israel-Pales\u00adtine is deeply inter\u00adest\u00ading to me, and I think that it\u2019s a divide that has large\u00adly been missed by media insti\u00adtu\u00adtions that a) are head\u00adquar\u00adtered in places like Wash\u00ading\u00adton, New York, and San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco, and b) are pop\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded by grad\u00adu\u00adates of elite col\u00adleges and uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence (I think that\u2019s his depart\u00adment \u2014 the uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty web\u00adsite is a bit con\u00adfus\u00ading) at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Ken\u00adtucky.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/a-christian-revival-is-under-way-in-britain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Chris\u00adt\u00adian revival is under way in Britain<\/a> (Justin Brier\u00adley, The Spec\u00adta\u00adtor): \u201cAll that our post-Chris\u00adt\u00adian soci\u00adety has deliv\u00adered so far is con\u00adfu\u00adsion, a men\u00adtal health cri\u00adsis in the young and the cul\u00adture wars. It\u2019s not sur\u00adpris\u00ading then that a move\u00adment of New The\u00adists has sprung up.\u2026 As a Chris\u00adt\u00adian I believe things that are dead can come back to life. That\u2019s the point of the sto\u00adry after all. As G.K. Chester\u00adton wrote: \u2018Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty has died many times and risen again; for it had a God who knew the way out of the grave.\u2019\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author did not choose the title of this col\u00adumn and stat\u00aded on Twit\u00adter he does not con\u00adsid\u00ader what is hap\u00adpen\u00ading a revival\u2026 yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.approachwithalacrity.com\/101-things-for-my-past-self\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">101 things I would tell my self from 10 years ago<\/a> (Leila Clark, blog): \u201c10 years ago, I start\u00aded my fresh\u00adman year of col\u00adlege. This is the advice I need\u00aded to hear\u2026 I would trade half my cur\u00adrent net worth for a world in which I had a stronger com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty of friends and had worked more on my own projects instead of some\u00adone else\u2019s.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A high per\u00adcent\u00adage of this advice is good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/23\/opinion\/deepfake-sex-videos.html?ugrp=u&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.fE0.qHqO.6dqsbX1BjpZl&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Online Degra\u00adda\u00adtion of Women and Girls That We Meet With a Shrug<\/a> (Nicholas Kristof, New York Times): \u201cThe great\u00adest obsta\u00adcles to reg\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading deep\u00adfakes, I\u2019ve come to believe, aren\u2019t tech\u00adni\u00adcal or legal \u2014 although those are real \u2014 but sim\u00adply our col\u00adlec\u00adtive com\u00adpla\u00adcen\u00adcy. Soci\u00adety was also once com\u00adpla\u00adcent about domes\u00adtic vio\u00adlence and sex\u00adu\u00adal harass\u00adment. In recent decades, we\u2019ve gained empa\u00adthy for vic\u00adtims and built sys\u00adtems of account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty that, while imper\u00adfect, have fos\u00adtered a more civ\u00adi\u00adlized soci\u00adety.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/27\/opinion\/me-too-sexual-morality.html?ugrp=u&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.f00.VfLM.lUD-Bj8us0IF&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Quest for a New Vision of Sex\u00adu\u00adal Moral\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cYou can have a cul\u00adture of hard moral con\u00adstraint, a con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive order that impos\u00ades norms that inten\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly lim\u00adit human free\u00addom \u2014 remain faith\u00adful to your cho\u00adsen spouse, live with your giv\u00aden body. Or you can have the kind of free\u00addom-max\u00adi\u00admiz\u00ading cul\u00adture that removes lim\u00adits and stric\u00adtures but cre\u00adates new regrets, new kinds of suf\u00adfer\u00ading, new dan\u00adgers for the vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble and weak.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some thoughts about rela\u00adtion\u00adships: \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalliturgies.net\/p\/resentment-between-men-and-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resent\u00adment Between Men and Women in the Church: 4 Obser\u00adva\u00adtions<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026mar\u00adriage cre\u00adates empa\u00adthy between the sex\u00ades in a way that pla\u00adton\u00adic friend\u00adship or mere col\u00adle\u00adgial\u00adi\u00adty can\u00adnot. If this is true, in a soci\u00adety where few\u00ader peo\u00adple are opt\u00ading to get mar\u00adried, we should see evi\u00addence that men and women are becom\u00ading ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly polar\u00adized and sus\u00adpi\u00adcious of one anoth\u00ader. That\u2019s what we see\u2026 there needs to be some kind of thought giv\u00aden to help\u00ading fos\u00adter sol\u00adi\u00addar\u00adi\u00adty between Chris\u00adt\u00adian men and women that goes beyond mar\u00adriage.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robkhenderson.com\/p\/how-to-choose-a-romantic-partner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How To Choose A Roman\u00adtic Part\u00adner<\/a> (Rob Hen\u00adder\u00adson, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cYou can com\u00admit a lot of blun\u00adders in your life, but if you man\u00adage to get two things right, you will max\u00adi\u00admize your chance of long-term well\u00adbe\u00ading. Our choice of job and our choice of spouse are cen\u00adtral to our hap\u00adpi\u00adness because they are where we spend most of our lives\u2014at work and with our fam\u00adi\u00adlies. There\u00adfore, we should devote a good deal of time con\u00adcen\u00adtrat\u00ading on how to make the best pos\u00adsi\u00adble deci\u00adsion for these two sources of poten\u00adtial hap\u00adpi\u00adness.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advice aimed at men, but use\u00adful to ladies as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaronrenn.com\/p\/two-parents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">11 Rea\u00adsons Why Two Par\u00adents Are Bet\u00adter Than One<\/a> (Aaron Renn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThere\u2019s a mas\u00adsive out\u00adcome gap between chil\u00addren grow\u00ading up in two par\u00adent vs. sin\u00adgle par\u00adent homes. The dif\u00adfer\u00adences are so large, and the attempts to help kids in sin\u00adgle par\u00adent homes so lim\u00adit\u00aded in their impact, that if we don\u2019t reduce the share of chil\u00addren in sin\u00adgle fam\u00adi\u00adly homes, we are not going to make a dent in many of our social prob\u00adlems.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemistryworld.com\/opinion\/water-isnt-normal\/4019218.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water isn\u2019t nor\u00admal<\/a> (Derek Lowe, Chem\u00adistry World): \u201cThe next time you see the reflec\u00adtion of a white cloud in a pud\u00addle of water, one of the most famil\u00adiar sights in all of human his\u00adto\u00adry, take a moment to realise just what a mys\u00adtery you are real\u00adly look\u00ading at, and how much about it we still have to under\u00adstand.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author has his PhD in Organ\u00adic Chem\u00adistry from Duke.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ITU39_y7vjM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 40 Jokes in the Bible \u2014 Don\u2019t Laugh Chal\u00adlenge Video!<\/a> (YouTube): six\u00adteen min\u00adutes . Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus. Some of these are pret\u00adty clever\/nerdy. Exam\u00adple: \u201cBeliev\u00ading in 12.5% of the Bible makes you an eight-the\u00adist.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foxtrot.com\/2024\/03\/24\/beverage-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bev\u00ader\u00adage Ser\u00advice<\/a> (Fox\u00adtrot)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2913\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peri\u00adod\u00adic Table Regions<\/a> (xkcd)<\/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 446, which is equal to 92 + 102 + 112 + 122 Things Glen Found \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/03\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-446\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 446\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 that engage and \/ or enrage.","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":[259,319,161,148,136,164,163,135,247],"class_list":["post-7409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-antisemitism","tag-england","tag-global-christianity","tag-israel","tag-pornography","tag-relationships","tag-sex","tag-stanford","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Vv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409","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=7409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7411,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409\/revisions\/7411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}