{"id":7604,"date":"2025-01-10T18:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T02:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7604"},"modified":"2025-01-10T18:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T02:34:22","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-486","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/01\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-486","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 486"},"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<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.undergroundthomist.org\/why-should-ignoring-god-matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Should Ignor\u00ading God Mat\u00adter?<\/a> (J. Budziszews\u00adki, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cIt is abhor\u00adrent beyond words to aban\u00addon those who have done us the great\u00adest good. Dis\u00adloy\u00adal\u00adty to my friend, unfaith\u00adful\u00adness to my wife, ingrat\u00adi\u00adtude to my par\u00adents, trea\u00adson to my father\u00adland \u2014 such things can\u00adnot even be spo\u00adken of with\u00adout shame, calum\u00adny, and dis\u00adgrace. But what greater trea\u00adson could there be than to turn trai\u00adtor to the Author of our being, who is not only the Good above all goods, but the Source of all these goods? Why would you want to do that any\u00adway? For He is the true Friend and ori\u00adgin of friend\u00adship, the true Bride\u00adgroom and ori\u00adgin of mar\u00adriage, the true Father by whose name all earth\u00adly fathers are called. His king\u00addom is the true Home\u00adland, of which our earth\u00adly home\u00adland is hard\u00adly a shad\u00adow. Don\u2019t <em>any<\/em> of these seem good things to you? And if we still need more rea\u00adsons to admire what is so great and good, what\u2019s wrong with us? \u2018But I don\u2019t <em>know<\/em> all this to be true.\u2019 Per\u00adhaps not. But wouldn\u2019t it be pru\u00addent to find out?\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy at UT Austin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ayjay.org\/contractualism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">con\u00adtrac\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adism<\/a> (Alan Jacobs, blog): \u201cTo accept that being human means that I am bound to my fam\u00adi\u00adly even when I don\u2019t like them, even when I\u2019ve been hurt by them, even when I have <em>absolute\u00adly had it<\/em> with them, is the begin\u00adning of some\u00adthing. But only the begin\u00adning. The peo\u00adple you are bound to may need to change, and you may have to tell them that they need to change. Bound\u00adaries must be set, then re-nego\u00adti\u00adat\u00aded, then re-set. It will be hard. But if you\u2019re lucky, then maybe the fam\u00adi\u00adly mem\u00adbers <em>you<\/em> have most offend\u00aded will do the same for you.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/03\/technology\/ai-religious-leaders.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">At the Inter\u00adsec\u00adtion of A.I. and Spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Eli Tan, New York Times): \u201cCrit\u00adics of A.I. use by reli\u00adgious lead\u00aders have point\u00aded to the issue of hal\u00adlu\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtions \u2014 times when chat\u00adbots make stuff up. While harm\u00adless in cer\u00adtain sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions, faith-based A.I. tools that fab\u00adri\u00adcate reli\u00adgious scrip\u00adture present a seri\u00adous prob\u00adlem. In Rab\u00adbi Bot\u2019s ser\u00admon, for instance, the A.I. invent\u00aded a quote from the Jew\u00adish philoso\u00adpher Mai\u00admonides that would have passed as authen\u00adtic to the casu\u00adal lis\u00adten\u00ader.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I don\u2019t use AI for my ser\u00admons, in case you were won\u00adder\u00ading. I can imag\u00adine that some\u00adday I might put them into an AI to ask \u201cis there a crit\u00adi\u00adcism I should antic\u00adi\u00adpate and address?\u201d or some\u00adthing along those lines, but I gen\u00aduine\u00adly can\u2019t imag\u00adine myself out\u00adsourc\u00ading ser\u00admon prep to an AI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/has-world-war-iii-begun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Has World War III Begun?<\/a> (Kori Schake, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cOur ene\u00admies have region\u00adal ambi\u00adtions for con\u00adquest and are work\u00ading to keep the U.S. out, because with\u00adout the strength of the Unit\u00aded States, our region\u00adal allies could not pro\u00adtect them\u00adselves. Rus\u00adsia threat\u00adens nuclear use if the U.S. aids Ukraine, hop\u00ading to fore\u00adstall assis\u00adtance. Chi\u00adna attacks Philip\u00adpine coast guard ships, hop\u00ading the U.S. won\u2019t come to their aid although they are treaty allies of the U.S. North Korea fires mis\u00adsiles over the Sea of Japan and con\u00adducts espi\u00adonage oper\u00ada\u00adtions against South Korea, test\u00ading whether it can be peeled from the U.S. defense umbrel\u00adla. Iran attacks Sau\u00addi Ara\u00adbia hoping\u2014rightly, it turned out\u2014that the U.S. would balk at retal\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion. Their ide\u00adal would be a world war with\u00adout Amer\u00adi\u00adcan par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion, because it would result in Chi\u00adna dom\u00adi\u00adnant in Asia, Rus\u00adsia dom\u00adi\u00adnant in Europe, North Korea dom\u00adi\u00adnant on the Kore\u00adan Penin\u00adsu\u00adla, and Iran dom\u00adi\u00adnant in the Mid\u00addle East.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astralcodexten.com\/p\/bureaucracy-isnt-measured-in-bureaucrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bureau\u00adcra\u00adcy Isn\u2019t Mea\u00adsured In Bureau\u00adcrats<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cThis real\u00adly sunk in for me when I read an arti\u00adcle about the fall of Afghanistan to the Tal\u00adiban in 2021. Many Afghans had col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrat\u00aded with the Amer\u00adi\u00adcans, eg as trans\u00adla\u00adtors, in exchange for a promise of US cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship. As the Tal\u00adiban advanced, they called in the promise, beg\u00adging to be allowed to flee to Amer\u00adi\u00adca before they got pun\u00adished as trai\u00adtors. The arti\u00adcle focused on a hero\u00adic effort by cer\u00adtain immi\u00adgra\u00adtion bureau\u00adcrats, who worked around the clock with min\u00adi\u00admal sleep for the last few weeks before Kab\u00adul fell, try\u00ading to get the cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship forms filled in and approved for as many trans\u00adla\u00adtors as pos\u00adsi\u00adble. It made an impres\u00adsion on me because nobody was opposed to the trans\u00adla\u00adtors get\u00adting cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship, and the bureau\u00adcrats were them\u00adselves the peo\u00adple in charge of approv\u00ading cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship appli\u00adca\u00adtions, so what exact\u00adly was forc\u00ading them to go to such des\u00adper\u00adate lengths? If you pon\u00adder this ques\u00adtion long enough, you become enlight\u00adened about the nature of the admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive state.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-01-03\/religion-based-investors-tap-us-company-assets-sway-work-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A $24 Bil\u00adlion Fund Puts Its Reli\u00adgious Stamp on Cor\u00adpo\u00adrate Amer\u00adi\u00adca<\/a> (Jeff Green and Sai\u00adjel Kis\u00adhan, Bloomberg): \u201cGuide\u00adStone is part of a nascent coali\u00adtion of con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Chris\u00adt\u00adian investors that are start\u00ading to flex their mus\u00adcles and use their share\u00adhold\u00ader clout to counter pro\u00adgres\u00adsive cor\u00adpo\u00adrate poli\u00adcies such as fund\u00ading Pride parades or cov\u00ader\u00ading employ\u00adees\u2019 trav\u00adel costs for abor\u00adtions. They\u2019re also zero\u00ading in on banks for alleged\u00adly clos\u00ading cus\u00adtomer accounts on polit\u00adi\u00adcal and reli\u00adgious grounds. By some mea\u00adsures, there\u2019s now half a tril\u00adlion dol\u00adlars in invest\u00adments spread across con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive faith-based pri\u00advate funds and state pen\u00adsion funds that can be brought to bear to influ\u00adence com\u00adpa\u00adny behav\u00adior, said Will Lofland, who over\u00adsees share\u00adhold\u00ader advo\u00adca\u00adcy at Guide\u00adStone.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/03\/science\/snail-darter-fish-tellico-dam.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Tiny Fish\u2019s Mis\u00adtak\u00aden Iden\u00adti\u00adty Halt\u00aded a Dam\u2019s Con\u00adstruc\u00adtion<\/a> (Jason Nark, New York Times): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018There is, tech\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adly, no snail darter,\u2019 said Thomas Near, cura\u00adtor of ichthy\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy at the Yale Peabody Muse\u00adum. Dr. Near, also a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor who leads a fish biol\u00ado\u00adgy lab at Yale, and his col\u00adleagues report in the jour\u00adnal Cur\u00adrent Biol\u00ado\u00adgy that the snail darter, Perci\u00adna tanasi, is nei\u00adther a dis\u00adtinct species nor a sub\u00adspecies. Rather, it is an east\u00adern pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion of Perci\u00adna uranidea, known also as the stargaz\u00ading darter, which is not con\u00adsid\u00adered endan\u00adgered. Dr. Near con\u00adtends that ear\u00adly researchers \u2018squint\u00aded their eyes a bit\u2019 when describ\u00ading the fish, because it rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded a way to fight the Ten\u00adnessee Val\u00adley Authority\u2019s plan to build the Tel\u00adli\u00adco Dam on the Lit\u00adtle Ten\u00adnessee Riv\u00ader, about 20 miles south\u00adwest of Knoxville.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>My favorite line in this arti\u00adcle is a response from a crit\u00adic who \u201cbelieves the find\u00adings\u2026 lean too heav\u00adi\u00adly on genet\u00adics.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Why Do You Send This Email? 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