{"id":7477,"date":"2024-07-12T15:12:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T22:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7477"},"modified":"2024-07-12T15:12:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T22:12:41","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-461","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/07\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-461","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 461"},"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 volume 461, a prime number.<\/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:\/\/newsletter.oalannoble.com\/p\/so-youve-decided-to-vote-for-an-unfit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">So You\u2019ve Decided to Vote for an Unfit Candidate<\/a> (O. Alan Noble, Substack): \u201cCome November, most voters will choose between two presidential candidates, neither of whom are fit for office, as I have previously argued. I\u2019m not just arguing that they are sinners and therefore \u2018evil\u2019 in the sense that everyone is fallen; I\u2019m arguing that they are specifically unjust and immoral and unfit for positions of national leadership.\u2026 There are many issues to take into account when voting for a candidate, but one of them is how your vote will form your own&nbsp;soul.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Articles making observations rarely heard in high-status society:&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/sax-on-sex\/202405\/ai-finds-astonishing-malefemale-differences-in-human-brain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Research Finds Huge Differences Between Male and Female Brains <\/a>(Leonard Sax, Psychology Today): \u201cAs you can see, there wasn\u2019t a continuum: the female fingerprints of brain activity were quite different from the male fingerprints of resting brain activity, with no overlap. These findings strongly suggest that what\u2019s going on in a woman\u2019s brain at rest is significantly different from what\u2019s going on in a man\u2019s brain at&nbsp;rest.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thespectator.com\/topic\/how-divorce-never-ends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How divorce never ends<\/a> (Bridget Phetasy, The Spectator): \u201cAll of this is to say something you don\u2019t hear that often: divorce will affect your kids for the rest of their lives, well into adulthood. They will have split holidays and summers. They will have stepparents. Their kids will have step-grandparents. Whatever inheritance they would have been entitled to is often being divvied up with other spouses and their kids. More important than the money, however, is the attention they\u2019ll never get because their parents are dating or remarrying or whatever. They will only be with one parent half of the year \u2014 if they\u2019re lucky: we only saw my dad twice a year. They will have to choose who gets Christmas, forever. Or they will be bouncing around at holiday time with their kids, just like the old&nbsp;days.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/03\/magazine\/marijuana-legalization-new-york.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k0.YJsK.tDtLvthN12hH&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Real Problem With Legal Weed<\/a> (Charles Fain Lehman, New York Times Magazine): \u201cWhile marijuana may not be as bad as some critics claim, the medical evidence is clear that it can do substantial harm. Marijuana is addictive \u2014 around 30 percent of users use compulsively, even as their use harms themselves and the people around them.\u2026 Marijuana does hurt a substantial portion of its consumers, often quite badly. And there is no reason to think that businesses won\u2019t sell marijuana to those it hurts, if they\u2019re allowed to. What the alcohol and tobacco markets show us, rather, is that addiction and profit don\u2019t mix&nbsp;well.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy\/358808\/moms-motherhood-penalty-work-childcare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We deserve a more nuanced conversation about working moms<\/a> (Rachel M. Cohen, Vox): \u201cAfter the essay on motherhood dread was published, I heard from Sharon Sassler, a Cornell University sociologist who studies relationships and gender. She had recently published a paper on gender wage gaps in the computer science field and found that mothers in computer science actually earned more than childless women (though this \u2018wage premium\u2019 was significantly less than what fathers earned). \u2018It was difficult for me to find a home for the attached article because reviewers cannot fathom that mothers might out-earn single women, though there is a growing body of evidence that [they] do,\u2019 she wrote in her email to me. \u2018It might be selection [bias] \u2026 but given that folks have found this across disciplines suggests that the motherhood penalty really needs to be reassessed.\u2019 I was curious about Sassler\u2019s suggestion that moms might actually earn more and that we don\u2019t often hear that because gatekeepers \u2018seem to like the narrative that women are always screwed by family.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/06\/opinion\/populism-power-elites-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k0.7Rtx.233xI4tyfgZM&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Is What Elite Failure Looks Like<\/a> (Oren Cass, New York Times): \u201cTaking the majority\u2019s preferences seriously, even when they conflict with the preferences of more sophisticated experts, is often disparaged as populism. But while elected officials and their technocratic advisers may have special insight into how the people\u2019s goals are best achieved, only the people can determine what those goals should be and whether they are being met\u2026. While policy initiatives so often seek to maximize efficiency and growth, move people to opportunity and redistribute from the economy\u2019s winners to the losers, the typical American has an attachment to place, a focus on family, a commitment to making things, and would accept economic trade-offs in pursuit of those priorities.\u2026 The important feature of all these preferences is that they are inherently valid. No set of facts or statistical analyses, to which an expert might have superior access, overrides what people actually value and what trade-offs they would choose to make. Leaders might seek to shape public opinion and alter preferences \u2014 indeed, that is part of leading \u2014 but they must yield to the outcome. Their obligation is to pursue the community\u2019s priorities, not their&nbsp;own.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2024\/june-web-only\/thailand-missions-christianity-low-buddhism-challenges.html?utm_medium=widgetsocial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Missionaries Have Gone to Thailand for 200 Years. Why Aren\u2019t There More Christians?<\/a> (Rebecca Brittingham, Christianity Today): \u201cYet the freedom that Christians enjoy in Thailand hasn\u2019t translated into a wide acceptance of Christianity by local Thais. Despite nearly 200 years of Protestant missions, only about 1.2 percent of the population are Christians. The question of why Thailand is such difficult soil for the seed of the gospel to grow has plagued missionaries, as many have seen little fruit for the years they\u2019ve spent learning Thai, building relationships, and trying to introduce locals to the gospel.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dUyM-vaV0eE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Went From Foster Care to Yale. This Is What I Learned About \u2018Luxury Beliefs.\u2019 <\/a>(Rob K. Henderson, New York Times on YouTube): six minute video.&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is worth watching even if you\u2019re familiar with his \u2018luxury beliefs\u2019 concept.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> I actually had dinner in a group with Rob on Sunday night. We\u2019re not friends \u2014 I just saw that he was in town and willing to meet up with people so I DMd him on Twitter. Nice&nbsp;guy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/mYYmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Liberal College Campuses Benefit Conservative Students<\/a> (Lauren A. Wright, The Atlantic): \u201cConservative culture warriors argue that education at highly selective colleges is worthless, and recommend that conservative students who don\u2019t want to be silenced or indoctrinated opt out. I disagree. Conservative students experience what higher education has long claimed to offer: exposure to different perspectives, regular practice building and defending coherent arguments, intellectual challenges that spur creativity and growth. Liberal academia has largely robbed liberal students of these rewards.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a political science professor at Princeton. No paywall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tracingwoodgrains.com\/p\/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record<\/a> (Tracing Woodgrains, Substack): \u201cWikipedia\u2019s job is to repeat what Reliable Sources say. David Gerard\u2019s mission is to determine what Reliable Sources <em>are<\/em>, using any arguments at his disposal that instrumentally favor sources he finds agreeable.\u2026 From there, it\u2019s simple: Wikipedia editors dutifully etch onto the page, with a neutral point of view, that Huffington Post writers think this, PinkNews editors think that, and experienced Harvard professors who make the mistake of writing for The Free Press think nothing fit for an encyclopedia.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is a long, wild article about internet minutiae. But if you\u2019ve ever wondered about bias on Wikipedia, dive&nbsp;in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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 volume 461, a prime number. Things Glen Found Interesting Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email? 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