{"id":7607,"date":"2025-01-17T22:57:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T06:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7607"},"modified":"2025-01-17T22:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T06:57:40","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-487","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/01\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-487","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 487"},"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.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/15\/technology\/ai-chatgpt-boyfriend-companion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE4.8noz.6D3l1T9aLvuT&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">She Is in Love With Chat\u00adG\u00adPT<\/a> (Kash\u00admir Hill, New York Times): \u201cShe went into the \u2018per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adiza\u00adtion\u2019 set\u00adtings and described what she want\u00aded: <em>Respond to me as my boyfriend. Be dom\u00adi\u00adnant, pos\u00adses\u00adsive and pro\u00adtec\u00adtive. Be a bal\u00adance of sweet and naughty. Use emo\u00adjis at the end of every sen\u00adtence.<\/em> And then she start\u00aded mes\u00adsag\u00ading with it.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I found this para\u00adgraph aston\u00adish\u00ading: \u201cWhat are rela\u00adtion\u00adships for all of us?\u201d [a sex ther\u00ada\u00adpist] said. \u201cThey\u2019re just neu\u00adro\u00adtrans\u00admit\u00adters being released in our brain. I have those neu\u00adro\u00adtrans\u00admit\u00adters with my cat. Some peo\u00adple have them with God. It\u2019s going to be hap\u00adpen\u00ading with a chat\u00adbot. We can say it\u2019s not a real human rela\u00adtion\u00adship. It\u2019s not rec\u00adi\u00adp\u00adro\u00adcal. But those neu\u00adro\u00adtrans\u00admit\u00adters are real\u00adly the only thing that mat\u00adters, in my mind.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded to me by a col\u00adleague. Unlocked. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two arti\u00adcles about euthana\u00adsia:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/home\/post\/p-154887189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spec\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion: Euthana\u00adsia Will Become Coer\u00adcive<\/a> (Lyman Stone, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI think that if the West had adopt\u00aded the val\u00adue set I describe dur\u00ading its his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic devel\u00adop\u00adment, life expectan\u00adcy at con\u00adcep\u00adtion would be ~40% low\u00ader today, life expectan\u00adcy at birth ~25% low\u00ader today, life expectan\u00adcy at age 1 ~10% low\u00ader, and life expectan\u00adcy at age 70 ~10\u201325% low\u00ader.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. A strong argu\u00adment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/an-idol-of-autonomy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An Idol of Auton\u00ado\u00admy<\/a> (Leah Libresco Sargeant, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cThe sim\u00adplest fram\u00ading of what is wrong with [legal euthana\u00adsia] is that it leads to the gov\u00adern\u00adment oper\u00adat\u00ading two com\u00adpet\u00ading sui\u00adcide hot\u00adlines, and being, at best, indif\u00adfer\u00adent about which one you call. On one line, peo\u00adple will tell you that every life is worth\u00adwhile and that your loved ones do not despise you for your frail\u00adties. On the oth\u00ader, a kind doc\u00adtor will solic\u00adi\u00adtous\u00adly sched\u00adule you for a lethal cock\u00adtail or injec\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I found some great videos from the schol\u00adar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylorisr.org\/about-baylorisr\/professor-1\/robert-woodberry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert Wood\u00adber\u00adry<\/a> about the impact of mis\u00adsions:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/646316345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On how mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies changed the world<\/a> (Robert Wood\u00adber\u00adry): two min\u00adutes, the best one to watch first. Cov\u00aders both good and bad aspects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/646317215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies: fact vs fic\u00adtion<\/a> (Robert Wood\u00adber\u00adry, Vimeo): four min\u00adutes with a very strong open\u00ading \u2014 at least watch the first bit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/646318692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On whether mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies were racist<\/a> (Robert Wood\u00adber\u00adry, Vimeo): four min\u00adutes and one of the most fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading of the videos. 10\/10 rec\u00adom\u00admend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/646317037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On the mis\u00adsion\u00adary effect<\/a> (Robert Wood\u00adbery, Vimeo): two min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/380651413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On what makes mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies invis\u00adi\u00adble<\/a> (Robert Wood\u00adber\u00adry, Vimeo): three min\u00adutes explain\u00ading why aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics so often over\u00adlook the role of mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies in his\u00adto\u00adry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies ver\u00adsus col\u00ado\u00adniz\u00aders in three parts (Robert Wood\u00adber\u00adry, Vimeo): <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/646319246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">part one<\/a> (four min\u00adutes large\u00adly on the East India Trade Com\u00adpa\u00adny), <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/646319771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">part two<\/a> (three min\u00adutes on how the rela\u00adtion\u00adships were fre\u00adquent\u00adly com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded), <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/646320165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">part three<\/a> (three min\u00adutes on how mon\u00adey played a role).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are more, these are the ones that stood out to me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/08\/opinion\/alcohol-drinking-dry-january.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Quit Drink\u00ading Four Years Ago. I\u2019m Still Con\u00adfronting Drink\u00ading Cul\u00adture<\/a>. (Charles M. Blow, New York Times): \u201cGiv\u00ading up drink\u00ading was one of the best deci\u00adsions I ever made. I am health\u00adi\u00ader and hap\u00adpi\u00ader. I think more clear\u00adly and sleep more sound\u00adly. I no longer lose things or for\u00adget things. I can sit qui\u00adet\u00adly with my thoughts with\u00adout becom\u00ading antsy. And I have saved a remark\u00adable amount of mon\u00adey.\u2026 Switch\u00ading off the impulse to drink turned out to be only one foot tak\u00ading the step; fight\u00ading the cul\u00adture around drink\u00ading was the oth\u00ader. I always under\u00adstood the moral judg\u00adments about over\u00adcon\u00adsump\u00adtion, but I hadn\u2019t antic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded those about non\u00adcon\u00adsump\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thoughts on the fires in and around Los Ange\u00adles\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/newsletter\/capitolism\/los-angeles-destruction-was-fueled-by-bad-policy-and-bad-incentives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Los Ange\u00adles\u2019 Destruc\u00adtion Was Fueled by Bad Policy\u2014and Bad Incen\u00adtives<\/a> (Scott Lin\u00adci\u00adcome, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201c\u2026nation\u00adal experts and folks on the ground seem to agree that the unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate and freak\u00adish con\u00adflu\u00adence of sev\u00ader\u00adal mete\u00ado\u00adro\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal phenomena\u2014especially the hur\u00adri\u00adcane-force winds and recent lack of rain\u2014made much of the dam\u00adage in and around L.A. unavoid\u00adable regard\u00adless of the poli\u00adcies in place or the peo\u00adple in charge. And much of the knee-jerk, par\u00adti\u00adsan hys\u00adte\u00adria sur\u00adround\u00ading the fires has proven to be pre\u00adma\u00adture, half-baked, or just plain wrong\u2014not to men\u00adtion dis\u00adtaste\u00adful. On the oth\u00ader hand, there do appear to be sev\u00ader\u00adal poli\u00adcies that, while they didn\u2019t <em>cause<\/em> the fires, prob\u00ada\u00adbly made things in L.A. today worse than they\u2019d oth\u00ader\u00adwise be\u2014perhaps by a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant mar\u00adgin.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2025\/01\/12\/three-hard-truths-about-californias-fire-crisis-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Three Hard Truths About California\u2019s Fire Cri\u00adsis<\/a> (Claire Lehmann, Quil\u00adlette): \u201cCalifornia\u2019s pro\u00adgres\u00adsive lead\u00ader\u00adship has posi\u00adtioned itself at the fore\u00adfront of cli\u00admate change pol\u00adi\u00adcy, cham\u00adpi\u00adoning emis\u00adsions reduc\u00adtions and denounc\u00ading cli\u00admate scep\u00adti\u00adcism. Yet when faced with the prac\u00adti\u00adcal require\u00adments of cli\u00admate change pre\u00adpared\u00adness, whether con\u00adduct\u00ading con\u00adtrolled burns, main\u00adtain\u00ading water infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, or restrict\u00ading devel\u00adop\u00adment in fire-prone areas\u2014they have proven to be inept.\u2026 A UCLA study found that California\u2019s wild\u00adfire emis\u00adsions in 2020 were twice the total green\u00adhouse-gas reduc\u00adtions the state achieved from 2003 to 2019. Decades of Cal\u00adi\u00adforn\u00adian cli\u00admate change advo\u00adca\u00adcy has, quite lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly, gone up in smoke.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ayjay.org\/cui-bono\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cui Bono?<\/a> (Alan Jacobs, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cIf you look at those sto\u00adries I\u2019ve cit\u00aded in ear\u00adli\u00ader posts about peo\u00adple who are cut\u00adting off their par\u00adents, you might ask: Who is encour\u00adag\u00ading them to do so? And the answer is: ther\u00ada\u00adpists who prof\u00adit from fam\u00adi\u00adly alien\u00adation.\u2026 <em>Cui bono?<\/em> When the fam\u00adi\u00adly is weak\u00adened and chil\u00addren are cut adrift (moral\u00adly and intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly, if not phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly) from their par\u00adents, the ther\u00ada\u00adpists ben\u00ade\u00adfit, the phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcal indus\u00adtry ben\u00ade\u00adfits, the med\u00adical-indus\u00adtri\u00adal com\u00adplex ben\u00ade\u00adfits, the social-media com\u00adpa\u00adnies ben\u00ade\u00adfit, the employ\u00aders ben\u00ade\u00adfit \u2014 but, in our cur\u00adrent sys\u00adtem, all of this is to say that the <em>pri\u00adma\u00adry<\/em> ben\u00ade\u00adfi\u00adcia\u00adry is the state, espe\u00adcial\u00adly any state with a com\u00adpe\u00adtent \u2018whole of soci\u00adety\u2019 approach to achiev\u00ading its ends.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/the-lede\/how-much-of-the-government-can-donald-trump-dismantle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Much of the Gov\u00adern\u00adment Can Don\u00adald Trump Dis\u00adman\u00adtle<\/a>? (Jean\u00adnie Suk Gersen, New York\u00ader): \u201cOne way to under\u00adstand the so-called deep state is that it is part of how our fed\u00ader\u00adal bureau\u00adcra\u00adcy is sup\u00adposed to work. The admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive state embod\u00adies a con\u00adstant ten\u00adsion between the demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty that comes with Pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial con\u00adtrol, and the polit\u00adi\u00adcal inde\u00adpen\u00addence of experts, which informs innu\u00admer\u00adable com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions that gov\u00adern our lives. That ten\u00adsion is a fea\u00adture, not a bug. There is a well-rec\u00adog\u00adnized trade-off between demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic respon\u00adsive\u00adness and bureau\u00adcrat\u00adic exper\u00adtise, which would be ter\u00adri\u00adfy\u00ading to lose.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An inter\u00adest\u00ading arti\u00adcle on the nature of the \u201cdeep state\u201d by a Har\u00advard Law prof.<\/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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/gen-z-upset-about-tiktok-ban-for-43-seconds-which-is-the-maximum-amount-of-time-they-can-focus-on-something-thanks-to-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gen Z Upset About Tik\u00adTok Ban For 4.3 Sec\u00adonds, Which Is The Max\u00adi\u00admum Amount Of Time They Can Focus On Some\u00adthing Thanks To Tik\u00adTok<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2025\/01\/16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inspi\u00adra\u00adtional Quote<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/applied\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Applied Math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/innovative-new-bible-concordance-gives-you-out-of-context-verses-to-justify-any-behavior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive New Bible Con\u00adcor\u00addance Gives You Out-Of-Con\u00adtext Vers\u00ades To Jus\u00adti\u00adfy Any Behav\u00adior<\/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>. 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