{"id":7470,"date":"2024-06-28T17:46:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7470"},"modified":"2024-06-28T17:46:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:46:50","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-459","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/06\/28\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-459","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 459"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><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 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&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the 459th installation, a number I find interesting simply because 4 + 5 =&nbsp;9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I should probably mention that I\u2019m not sharing any articles about last night\u2019s presidential debate today because I want to wait and see how people are thinking about the race after a few days.  The reactions right now are too&nbsp;raw.<\/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.ft.com\/content\/4ada5df5-cbea-40c2-83d3-fd6b8e91a806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A slap in the face for psychobabble<\/a> (Janan Ganesh, Financial Times): \u201cI can\u2019t be the only foreigner in the US who has been chided for not having a therapist by someone who \u2014 choosing my words carefully here \u2014 seems to be getting uneven results from theirs. If psychobabble were confined to actors going up to collect their big certificates, I\u2019d leave it alone. But, like sand, it gets everywhere.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Older but&nbsp;gold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Society\/2024\/0624\/New-York-conservative-avant-garde-counterculture-religion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rebels with a religious cause: Meet New York\u2019s avant-garde conservatives<\/a> (Leonardo Bevilacqua, Christian Science Monitor): \u201cOriginally from Philadelphia, Salom\u00e9 has been a devout Catholic since she was young. She wears a \u2018Make America Great Again\u2019 hat around town sometimes as an act of ironic defiance. And even though she\u2019s a transgender woman, she prefers the term of an earlier age: castrato.&nbsp; But first and foremost, she says, she\u2019s a child of&nbsp;God.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Interesting and full of surprises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zinnia01.substack.com\/p\/a-partial-explanation-of-zoomer-girl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Partial Explanation of Zoomer Girl Derangement<\/a> (Zinnia, Substack): \u201cWhy are young women today so deranged? Because no one is honest with them and they cannot be honest with themselves. Parents lie to you, teachers lie to you, friends lie to you, everyone lies to you. If anyone dares tell you the truth, they are ostracized. My teenage self could only find truth smuggled away in the dark recesses of obscure online communities; usually couched in layers of ironic (and sincere) bigotry. And while I did not enjoy the bigotry (at the time), I found value in engaging with the transgressive material I came across because I felt that it expressed truths otherwise unavailable to me. Today, truth lies within the domain of internet ghettos, siloed away from the rest of polite society. At best, what society tells you is entirely unhelpful: \u2018You\u2019re beautiful just the way you are.\u2019 At worst, what society tells you is entirely destructive: \u2018If you feel alienated by your body, you should maybe consider a mastectomy.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A bit vulgar in places, but interesting. Kinda&nbsp;long.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slowboring.com\/p\/elite-misinformation-is-an-underrated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elite misinformation is an underrated problem<\/a> (Matt Yglesias, Substack): \u201c\u2026all this sloppy work and misleading rhetoric is both more impactful than a lot of people realize, and also a lot less tactically savvy than those doing it think. The problem is that it\u2019s about a million times easier to persuade a highly engaged member of your team of something than it is to persuade a swing voter (who is probably skeptical, cynical, and not that engaged with politics) or a member of the opposition (who instinctively assumes you\u2019re lying about everything). So when you put something out there that\u2019s false or misleading, you\u2019re about a million times more likely to confuse people who are friendly to your cause than to actually persuade anyone worth persuading.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/it-is-time-for-radical-candor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It Is Time for Radical Candor<\/a> (Kevin D. Williamson, The Dispatch): \u201cIt\u2019s another little Battle of Stalingrad: It\u2019s a pity somebody has to win; all a decent person can do is pray for casualties.\u2026 Because we are governed by imbeciles and thieves and miscreants and degenerates and people who are willing to put up with all that imbecility and thievery and miscreance and degeneracy if it gets them even such a pathetic prize as a temporary seat in the U.S. House of Representatives\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/how-and-how-not-to-wait\/\">How (and How Not) to Wait<\/a> (Mark<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/authors\/mark-vroegop\/\"> <\/a>Vroegop, Crossway): \u201cFocus. Adore. Seek. Trust. That\u2019s how you wait on the Lord. It\u2019s how you live on what\u2019s true about God when you don\u2019t know what\u2019s true about your life.\u2026 Rather than allowing strong emotions to hold you hostage, you can embrace a strategy (FAST) that welcomes God\u2019s grace into your uncertainty.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recommended by a student.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I feel awkward sharing this, but I was interviewed for a podcast. I did not choose the title (nor even the topic): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fjiPVhAOFCQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why I am NOT a Calvinist: Breaking Down Everything from Calvinism, to Can We Lose Our Salvation<\/a> (Kingdom Come Podcast, YouTube): one hour&nbsp;long.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Interested Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tastingtable.com\/1602582\/roast-glazed-donuts-campfire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ditch The S\u2019mores And Roast Glazed Donuts At Your Next Campfire<\/a> (Julia Holland, Tasting Table): \u201cJust as a hot fire will caramelize the sugars and create a bubbly, crunchy, scorched crust on marshmallows, the fire will have similar transformative powers on sugary donut glaze. The heat will effectively br\u00fbl\u00e9e the glaze, causing it to harden and incur tiny scorched bubbles depending on how long you hold it over the fire. The one dimensionally sweet flavor of a plain glazed donut will take on richer caramelized and burnt sugar notes&nbsp;too.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I had never considered this but as soon as I saw the headline became eager to try&nbsp;it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/articles\/calm-down-your-phone-isnt-listening-to-your-conversations-its-just-tracking-everything-you-type-every-app-you-use-every-website-you-visit-and-everywhere-you-go-in-the-physical-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Calm Down\u2014Your Phone Isn\u2019t Listening to Your Conversations. It\u2019s Just Tracking Everything You Type, Every App You Use, Every Website You Visit, and Everywhere You Go in the Physical World<\/a> (McSweeney\u2019s Internet Tendency)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.\n\nAlso, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about it.\n\nIf this was forwarded 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 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&nbsp;way. This is the 459th installation, a number I find interesting simply because 4 + 5 =&nbsp;9. I should probably \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/06\/28\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-459\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 459\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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[160,177,336,183,162],"class_list":["post-7470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-media","tag-new-york","tag-psychology","tag-theology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Wu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7470","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=7470"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7473,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7470\/revisions\/7473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}