{"id":7451,"date":"2024-05-31T19:18:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T02:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7451"},"modified":"2024-05-31T19:18:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T02:18:08","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-455","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/05\/31\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-455","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 455"},"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><br><br>    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 455, which is the result of 15 choose 3 \u2014 how many ways you can select three objects from a col\u00adlec\u00adtion of fif\u00adteen.<\/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:\/\/katelynbeaty.substack.com\/p\/what-ive-learned-decade-on-dating-apps-romance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What I\u2019ve Learned From a Decade on the Dat\u00ading Apps<\/a> (Kate\u00adlyn Beaty, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cDat\u00ading apps are not a neu\u00adtral tool for find\u00ading love. Like all tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies, they act on us, even as we think we are in con\u00adtrol, act\u00ading on them. They shape how we see oth\u00ader peo\u00adple, and our\u00adselves, and roman\u00adtic love itself. <strong>Accord\u00ading to the apps, love is the opti\u00admiza\u00adtion of traits that yield the high\u00adest rates of mutu\u00adal sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion and per\u00adson\u00adal growth for two atom\u00adized indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals.<\/strong> This self-expres\u00adsive mod\u00adel of romance may be fine as far as it goes, but it\u2019s a major depar\u00adture from the basis of love in pre\u00advi\u00adous eras.\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Empha\u00adsis in orig\u00adi\u00adnal. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I also liked this bit: \u201cIt\u2019s as if these apps don\u2019t want users to find romance, because they are incen\u00adtivized, to the tune of $5.3 bil\u00adlion in 2022, to keep us swip\u00ading and search\u00ading.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2024\/05\/24\/are-gaza-protests-happening-mostly-at-elite-colleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Are Gaza Protests Hap\u00adpen\u00ading Most\u00adly at Elite Col\u00adleges?<\/a> (Marc Novi\u00adcoff &amp; Robert Kelchen, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Month\u00adly): \u201cUsing data from Harvard\u2019s Crowd Count\u00ading Con\u00adsor\u00adtium and news reports of encamp\u00adments, we matched infor\u00adma\u00adtion on every insti\u00adtu\u00adtion of high\u00ader edu\u00adca\u00adtion that has had pro-Pales\u00adtin\u00adian protest activ\u00adi\u00adty (start\u00ading when the war broke out in Octo\u00adber until ear\u00adly May) to the col\u00adleges in our 2023 col\u00adlege rank\u00adings. Of the 1,421 pub\u00adlic and pri\u00advate non\u00adprof\u00adit col\u00adleges that we ranked, 318 have had protests and 123 have had encamp\u00adments. By match\u00ading that data to per\u00adcent\u00adages of stu\u00addents at each cam\u00adpus who receive Pell Grants (which are award\u00aded to stu\u00addents from mod\u00ader\u00adate- and low-income fam\u00adi\u00adlies), we came to an unsur\u00adpris\u00ading con\u00adclu\u00adsion: Pro-Pales\u00adtin\u00adian protests have been rare at col\u00adleges with high per\u00adcent\u00adages of Pell stu\u00addents. Encamp\u00adments at such col\u00adleges have been rar\u00ader still.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Con\u00adtains inter\u00adest\u00ading charts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/27\/world\/europe\/britain-china-spy-arrests-hong-kong.html?smid=nytcore-android-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spy\u00ading Arrests Send Chill Through Britain\u2019s Thriv\u00ading Hong Kong Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty<\/a> (Megan Spe\u00adcia, New York Times): \u201cThis month, three men were charged in Lon\u00addon with gath\u00ader\u00ading intel\u00adli\u00adgence for Hong Kong and forc\u00ading entry into a British res\u00adi\u00addence. While the men have not yet been found inno\u00adcent or guilty \u2014 the tri\u00adal will not begin until Feb\u00adru\u00adary \u2014 the news of the arrests threw a spot\u00adlight on many activists\u2019 exist\u00ading con\u00adcerns about China\u2019s abil\u00adi\u00adty to sur\u00adveil and harass its cit\u00adi\u00adzens abroad, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly those who have been crit\u00adi\u00adcal of the gov\u00adern\u00adment.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two arti\u00adcles about sur\u00adviv\u00ading can\u00adcer:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4878087\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mar\u00adi\u00adtal Sta\u00adtus and Sur\u00advival in Patients With Can\u00adcer<\/a> (Aiz\u00ader et al, Jour\u00adnal of Clin\u00adi\u00adcal Oncol\u00ado\u00adgy): \u201cFor five can\u00adcers stud\u00adied (prostate, breast, col\u00adorec\u00adtal, esophageal, and head\/neck can\u00adcers), the sur\u00advival ben\u00ade\u00adfit asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with mar\u00adriage was larg\u00ader than the pub\u00adlished sur\u00advival ben\u00ade\u00adfit of chemother\u00ada\u00adpy. The impor\u00adtance of this study is that it high\u00adlights the con\u00adsis\u00adtent and sub\u00adstan\u00adtial impact that fea\u00adtures of mar\u00adriage, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly social sup\u00adport, can have on can\u00adcer detec\u00adtion, treat\u00adment, and sur\u00advival.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From 2013. Mar\u00adriage is bet\u00adter than chemother\u00ada\u00adpy. To be clear: if you have can\u00adcer also receive med\u00adical treat\u00adment even if you\u2019re mar\u00adried.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/article\/2024\/may\/31\/trial-results-for-new-lung-cancer-drug-are-off-the-charts-say-doctors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tri\u00adal results for new lung can\u00adcer drug are \u2018off the charts\u2019, say doc\u00adtors<\/a> (Andrew Gre\u00adgo\u00adry, The Guardian): \u201cLung can\u00adcer is the world\u2019s lead\u00ading cause of can\u00adcer death, account\u00ading for about 1.8m deaths every year. Sur\u00advival rates in those with advanced forms of the dis\u00adease, where tumours have spread, are par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly poor. More than half of patients (60%) diag\u00adnosed with advanced forms of lung can\u00adcer who took lor\u00adla\u00adtinib were still alive five years lat\u00ader with no pro\u00adgres\u00adsion in their dis\u00adease, data pre\u00adsent\u00aded at the world\u2019s largest can\u00adcer con\u00adfer\u00adence showed. The rate was 8% in patients treat\u00aded with a stan\u00addard drug, the tri\u00adal found.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Amaz\u00ading!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two arti\u00adcles about the job mar\u00adket: \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/31\/opinion\/college-graduates-jobs-unemployment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Can\u2019t Col\u00adlege Grads Find Jobs? Here Are Some The\u00ado\u00adries \u2014 and Fix\u00ades<\/a>. (Peter Coy, New York Times): \u201cEven though the unem\u00adploy\u00adment rate is low, few\u00ader peo\u00adple are quit\u00adting, so few\u00ader jobs are becom\u00ading avail\u00adable, accord\u00ading to Bureau of Labor Sta\u00adtis\u00adtics data. LinkedIn\u2019s esti\u00admate of the nation\u00adal hir\u00ading rate was down 9.5 per\u00adcent in April from a year ear\u00adli\u00ader.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The arti\u00adcle con\u00adtains oth\u00ader sub\u00adstan\u00adtive insights, but that one stood out to me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noahpinion.blog\/p\/the-case-of-the-angry-history-postdoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The case of the angry his\u00adto\u00adry post\u00addoc<\/a> (Noah Smith, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWhy is no one hir\u00ading his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adans? There are four basic rea\u00adsons. The first and most impor\u00adtant \u2014 which almost no one ever talks about, because it\u2019s sup\u00adposed to be so obvi\u00adous \u2014 is that the U.S. uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty sys\u00adtem is large\u00adly done expand\u00ading. The 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry saw a mas\u00adsive build-out of uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties, which required hir\u00ading a mas\u00adsive num\u00adber of tenure-track pro\u00adfes\u00adsors. Then it stopped. And because tenure is for life, the depart\u00adments at the exist\u00ading uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties are clogged with a ton of old profs who will nev\u00ader leave until they age out. New hires must there\u00adfore slow to a trick\u00adle, since as long as the num\u00adber of profs is rough\u00adly con\u00adstant, they can only be hired to replace peo\u00adple who retire or die.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/live-law-die-cross-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Live by the Law or Die on the Cross<\/a> (Jere\u00admy Eng\u00adland, Tablet Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cWhat would Jesus do if a Hamas fight\u00ader held a Gazan Arab child up as a shield while fir\u00ading? Hard to say for sure, but any\u00adone who argues that a prop\u00ader\u00adly humane response is to die rather than to try to shoot around the child has ample basis in Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty. The image of the Cru\u00adci\u00adfix\u00adion may mean many things, but part of what it means is that accept\u00ading cor\u00adpo\u00adre\u00adal defeat in this world can be a path to God-like virtue and spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal vic\u00adto\u00adry in the world of tomor\u00adrow. You will not hear Jesus men\u00adtioned when West\u00adern lead\u00aders speak on how impor\u00adtant it is that Israel adhere to inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal laws of war, but the con\u00adcept of the inno\u00adcent civil\u00adian enshrined in these laws grew prac\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly out of wars fought with\u00adin Chris\u00adten\u00addom dur\u00ading the last sev\u00ader\u00adal hun\u00addred years.\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent who does not endorse all of the argu\u00adment but found it fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/journal.praxislabs.org\/a-redemptive-thesis-for-artificial-intelligence-ff7dafdd01b5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Redemp\u00adtive The\u00adsis for Arti\u00adfi\u00adcial Intel\u00adli\u00adgence<\/a> (Andy Crouch with oth\u00aders, Prax\u00adis Labs): \u201cLike the Inter\u00adnet, elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty, and agri\u00adcul\u00adture, AI is a gen\u00ader\u00adal-pur\u00adpose tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy that can be har\u00adnessed to many ends. Redemp\u00adtive entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs can lead the way in demon\u00adstrat\u00ading that AI can be deployed \u2014 in fact, is best deployed \u2014 in ways that dethrone pride, mag\u00adic, and Mam\u00admon and that ele\u00advate the dig\u00adni\u00adty of human beings and their capac\u00adi\u00adty to flour\u00adish as image bear\u00aders in the world.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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 455, which is the result of 15 choose 3 \u2014 how many ways you can \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/05\/31\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-455\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 455\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":"The collection of links feels weird to me this week. Maybe not enough spiritual content? 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