{"id":7533,"date":"2024-10-25T20:16:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T03:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7533"},"modified":"2024-10-25T20:16:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T03:16:45","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-475","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/10\/25\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-475","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 475"},"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\" 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 width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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>\n\n    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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/19\/opinion\/religion-atheism-books.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Is the World Ready for a Reli\u00adgious Come\u00adback?<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to get non\u00adbe\u00adliev\u00aders to offer kind words for \u2018cul\u00adtur\u00adal\u2019 Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty or endorse the soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal util\u00adi\u00adty of church\u00adgo\u00ading. The chal\u00adlenge is to go fur\u00adther, to per\u00adsuade anx\u00adious mod\u00aderns that reli\u00adgion is more than mere\u00adly prag\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly use\u00adful, more than just a wist\u00adful hope \u2014 that a reli\u00adgious frame\u00adwork actu\u00adal\u00adly makes much more sense of real\u00adi\u00adty than the alleged\u00adly hard\u00adhead\u00aded mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adist alter\u00adna\u00adtive.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dis\u00adcuss\u00ades three books Douthat thinks are help\u00adful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/16\/magazine\/dei-university-michigan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Michi\u00adgan Dou\u00adbled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong<\/a>? (Nicholas Con\u00adfes\u00adsore, New York Times): \u201cStriv\u00ading to touch \u2018every indi\u00advid\u00adual on cam\u00adpus,\u2019 as the school puts it, Michi\u00adgan has poured rough\u00adly a quar\u00adter of a bil\u00adlion dol\u00adlars into D.E.I. since 2016, accord\u00ading to an inter\u00adnal pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion I obtained.\u2026 Michigan\u2019s own data sug\u00adgests that in striv\u00ading to become more diverse and equi\u00adtable, the school has also become less inclu\u00adsive: In a sur\u00advey released in late 2022, stu\u00addents and fac\u00adul\u00adty mem\u00adbers report\u00aded a less pos\u00adi\u00adtive cam\u00adpus cli\u00admate than at the program\u2019s start and less of a sense of belong\u00ading. Stu\u00addents were less like\u00adly to inter\u00adact with peo\u00adple of a dif\u00adfer\u00adent race or reli\u00adgion or with dif\u00adfer\u00adent pol\u00adi\u00adtics \u2014 the exact kind of engage\u00adment D.E.I. pro\u00adgrams, in the\u00ado\u00adry, are meant to fos\u00adter.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/20\/opinion\/michigan-diversity-equity-inclusion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Don\u2019t Want to Live in a Mono\u00adcul\u00adture, and Nei\u00adther Do You<\/a> (David French, New York Times): \u201cIn my expe\u00adri\u00adence, the more ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly or the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly \u2018pure\u2019 an insti\u00adtu\u00adtion becomes, the more wrong it is like\u00adly to be, espe\u00adcial\u00adly if it takes on a dif\u00adfi\u00adcult or com\u00adplex task. Ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal mono\u00adcul\u00adtures aren\u2019t just bad for the minor\u00adi\u00adty that\u2019s silenced, harassed or can\u00adceled when\u00adev\u00ader its mem\u00adbers raise their voic\u00ades in dis\u00adsent. It\u2019s ter\u00adri\u00adble for the con\u00adfi\u00addent major\u00adi\u00adty \u2014 and for the con\u00adfi\u00addent majority\u2019s cause.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/23\/science\/puberty-blockers-olson-kennedy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Study on Puber\u00adty Block\u00aders Goes Unpub\u00adlished Because of Pol\u00adi\u00adtics, Doc\u00adtor Says<\/a> (Azeen Gho\u00adrayshi, New York Times): \u201cAn influ\u00aden\u00adtial doc\u00adtor and advo\u00adcate of ado\u00adles\u00adcent gen\u00adder treat\u00adments said she had not pub\u00adlished a long-await\u00aded study of puber\u00adty-block\u00ading drugs because of the charged Amer\u00adi\u00adcan polit\u00adi\u00adcal envi\u00adron\u00adment.\u2026 She said she was con\u00adcerned the study\u2019s results could be used in court to argue that \u2018we shouldn\u2019t use block\u00aders because it doesn\u2019t impact them,\u2019 refer\u00adring to trans\u00adgen\u00adder ado\u00adles\u00adcents.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>JK Rowl\u00ading <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1849207760463757564\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1849207760463757564\">sum\u00adma\u00adrized the sto\u00adry<\/a> well: \u2018We must not pub\u00adlish a study that says we\u2019re harm\u00ading chil\u00addren because peo\u00adple who say we\u2019re harm\u00ading chil\u00addren will use the study as evi\u00addence that we\u2019re harm\u00ading chil\u00addren, which might make it dif\u00adfi\u00adcult for us to con\u00adtin\u00adue harm\u00ading chil\u00addren.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/25\/opinion\/robot-artificial-intelligence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our Robot Sto\u00adries Haven\u2019t Pre\u00adpared Us for A.I.<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cIn most of these sto\u00adries, the defin\u00ading aspects of human\u00adi\u00adty are some com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of free will, strong emo\u00adtion and moral\u00adi\u00adty. The robot begins as a being fol\u00adlow\u00ading its pro\u00adgram\u00adming and mys\u00adti\u00adfied by human emo\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty, and over time it begins to choose, to act freely, to cut its strings and ulti\u00admate\u00adly to love.\u2026 We have been trained for a future in which robots think like us but don\u2019t feel like us, and there\u00adfore need to be guid\u00aded out of mere\u00adly intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal self-con\u00adscious\u00adness into a deep\u00ader aware\u00adness of emo\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty, of heart as well as head. We are get\u00adting a real\u00adi\u00adty where our bots seem so deeply emo\u00adtion\u00adal \u2014 lov\u00ading, car\u00ading, heart\u00adfelt \u2014 that it\u2019s hard to dis\u00adtin\u00adguish them from human beings, and indeed, some of us find their appar\u00adent warmth a refuge from a dif\u00adfi\u00adcult or cru\u00adel world.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/how-i-learned-to-stop-criticizing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How I Learned To Stop Crit\u00adi\u00adciz\u00ading Every\u00adthing<\/a> (Eboo Patel, Per\u00adsua\u00adsion): \u201cI\u2019m not sad that I read those crit\u00adi\u00adcal the\u00ado\u00adrists. I think it\u2019s a use\u00adful per\u00adspec\u00adtive to have. My prob\u00adlem is that I deformed the world to fit a nar\u00adrow world\u00adview, and I let it direct my life. The big\u00adger prob\u00adlem is that this par\u00ada\u00addigm has become a regime in cer\u00adtain quar\u00adters of high\u00ader edu\u00adca\u00adtion. You are coerced into hold\u00ading that world\u00adview and pun\u00adished if you utter ideas out\u00adside of its scope. Crit\u00adi\u00adcal the\u00ado\u00adry is like a sharp kitchen knife: very use\u00adful for some things, like cut\u00adting meat, but if you eat your cere\u00adal with it, you\u2019ll hurt your\u00adself. And if you point it at some\u00adone else, then it\u2019s a weapon. In some cir\u00adcles, on some cam\u00adpus\u00ades, every oth\u00ader uten\u00adsil has been removed from the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal cut\u00adlery draw\u00ader, replaced with sharp kitchen knives.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.experimental-history.com\/p\/ideological-turing-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Both Democ\u00adrats and Repub\u00adli\u00adcans can pass the Ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading Test<\/a> (Adam Mas\u00adtroian\u00adni, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWe first chal\u00adlenged each side to pre\u00adtend to be the oth\u00ader side, and then we had both sides try to dis\u00adtin\u00adguish between the truth-tellers and the fak\u00aders. If par\u00adti\u00adsans have no idea who the oth\u00ader side is or what they believe, it should be hard for peo\u00adple to do a con\u00advinc\u00ading impres\u00adsion of the oppo\u00adsite par\u00adty. So let\u2019s see!\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Inter\u00adest\u00ading study. In the foot\u00adnotes he men\u00adtioned he gath\u00adered the data in 2019 but nev\u00ader got around to pub\u00adlish\u00ading it. Just FYI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jessesingal.substack.com\/p\/its-rational-and-humane-to-lack-strong?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=4833&amp;post_id=150662557&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=48w4l4&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It\u2019s Ratio\u00adnal And Humane To Lack Strong Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Beliefs<\/a> (Jesse Sin\u00adgal, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWe don\u2019t need the aver\u00adage per\u00adson to have strong beliefs about what the right anti-pover\u00adty pol\u00adi\u00adcy is, and I would argue it\u2019s a waste of time to devote too many hours to some\u00adthing like that, because it\u2019s hope\u00adless\u00adly com\u00adplex and even experts who devote their lives to that sub\u00adject dis\u00adagree on the basics. Plus, many of the experts \u2014 on this and every oth\u00ader sub\u00adject \u2014 are them\u00adselves incom\u00adpe\u00adtent, ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly cap\u00adtured, or oth\u00ader\u00adwise unlike\u00adly to help lead you clos\u00ader to use\u00adful insights.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. This post is a bit odd in that it\u2019s unlocked but to read the whole thing you have to read it in the Sub\u00adstack app. You can read the first part for free and that\u2019s enough to get the gist and tell whether you want to read the rest of it.<\/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=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D5PBu0GbToo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I\u2019m Cur\u00adrent\u00adly On Jury Duty<\/a> (Gas\u00adtor Almonte, YouTube): ten amus\u00ading min\u00adutes \u2014 the open\u00ading bit is about jury duty and the clos\u00ading bit is about oat\u00admeal. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/king-solomon-in-deep-trouble-after-forgetting-9-anniversaries-in-one-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">King Solomon In Deep Trou\u00adble After For\u00adget\u00adting 9 Anniver\u00adsaries In One Day<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Less Seri\u00adous Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen Why Do You Send This Email? In \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/10\/25\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-475\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 475\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":"","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":[124,219,113,117,172],"class_list":["post-7533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-lgbtq","tag-politics","tag-racism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Xv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533","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=7533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7534,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533\/revisions\/7534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}