{"id":7621,"date":"2025-02-07T18:30:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T02:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7621"},"modified":"2025-02-07T18:30:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T02:30:55","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-490","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-490","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 490"},"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\/2025\/02\/01\/opinion\/religion-faith-choose.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk4.HJU0.HwJruE8ZhuBv&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Choose a Reli\u00adgion<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cIf you assume \u2014 and you should \u2014 that the uni\u00adverse isn\u2019t a bru\u00adtal cos\u00admic trick, that God isn\u2019t some\u00adhow out to get you, then as long as you aren\u2019t throw\u00ading your\u00adself head\u00adlong into a cult or engag\u00ading in elab\u00ado\u00adrate self-decep\u00adtion, there are few tru\u00adly bad rea\u00adsons for aban\u00addon\u00ading agnos\u00adti\u00adcism in favor of com\u00admit\u00adment. If you\u2019re out there look\u00ading and some\u00adthing feels like what you were sup\u00adposed to find, you\u2019re gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly bet\u00adter off cross\u00ading the thresh\u00adold and see\u00ading what\u2019s inside.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A won\u00adder\u00adful essay, unlocked. I was pleased to see that Douthat lays out log\u00adi\u00adcal paths that I myself fre\u00adquent\u00adly deploy in con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions with skep\u00adtics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/07\/opinion\/religion-god.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My Favorite Argu\u00adment for the Exis\u00adtence of God<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cI think that the most com\u00adpelling case for being reli\u00adgious \u2014 for a default view, before you get to the specifics of creeds and doc\u00adtrines, that the uni\u00adverse was made for a rea\u00adson and we\u2019re part of that rea\u00adson<em> \u2014<\/em> is found at the con\u00adver\u00adgence of mul\u00adti\u00adple dif\u00adfer\u00adent lines of argu\u00adment.\u2026 Con\u00adsid\u00ader three big exam\u00adples: the evi\u00addence for cos\u00admic design in the fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal laws and struc\u00adture of the uni\u00adverse; the unusu\u00adal place of human con\u00adscious\u00adness with\u00adin the larg\u00ader whole; and the per\u00adsis\u00adtence and plau\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of reli\u00adgious and super\u00adnat\u00adur\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00adence even under sup\u00adpos\u00aded\u00adly dis\u00aden\u00adchant\u00aded con\u00addi\u00adtions.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betonit.ai\/p\/all-the-ways-kids-are-better-than\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Aver\u00adage Kid is Bet\u00adter Than the Aver\u00adage Adult<\/a> (Bryan Caplan, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cStill, when I com\u00adpare all the adults I\u2019ve met to all the kids I\u2019ve met, there\u2019s no com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson. To be frank, 80% of adults are total duds. A super\u00adma\u00adjor\u00adi\u00adty of kids, in con\u00adtrast, are actu\u00adal\u00adly fun. If you don\u2019t appre\u00adci\u00adate them, the fault is yours.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2025\/02\/trumpian-policy-as-cultural-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trumpian pol\u00adi\u00adcy as cul\u00adtur\u00adal pol\u00adi\u00adcy<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cImag\u00adine you hold a vision where the (par\u00adtial) decline of Amer\u00adi\u00adca large\u00adly is about cul\u00adture. After all, we have more peo\u00adple and more nat\u00adur\u00adal resources than ever before. Our top achieve\u00adments remain impres\u00adsive. But is the over\u00adall cul\u00adture of the peo\u00adple in such great shape? The cul\u00adture of gov\u00adern\u00adment and pub\u00adlic ser\u00advice? Inter\u00adest in our reli\u00adgious orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions? The qual\u00adi\u00adty of local gov\u00adern\u00adment in many states? You don\u2019t have to be a diehard Trumper to have some seri\u00adous reser\u00adva\u00adtions on such ques\u00adtions.\u2026 OK, so how might you fix the cul\u00adture of Amer\u00adi\u00adca? You want to tell every\u00adone that Amer\u00adi\u00adca comes first. That Amer\u00adi\u00adca should be more mas\u00adcu\u00adline and less soft. That we need to build. That we should \u2018own the libs.\u2019 I could go on with more exam\u00adples and details, but this part of it you already get. So imag\u00adine you start\u00aded a polit\u00adi\u00adcal rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion and asked the sim\u00adple ques\u00adtion \u2018does this pol\u00adi\u00adcy change rein\u00adforce or over\u00adturn our basic cul\u00adtur\u00adal mes\u00adsages?\u2019 Every time the pol\u00adi\u00adcy or pol\u00adi\u00adcy debate push\u00ades cul\u00adture in what you think is the right direc\u00adtion, just do it. Do it in the view that the cul\u00adtur\u00adal fac\u00adtors will, over some time hori\u00adzon, sur\u00adpass every\u00adthing else in import.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An inter\u00adest\u00ading analy\u00adsis. Cowen is not endors\u00ading or crit\u00adi\u00adciz\u00ading this view \u2014 mere\u00adly describ\u00ading it. Def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly worth read\u00ading, and it makes more sense than oth\u00ader attempts I have seen to bring all the polit\u00adi\u00adcal news togeth\u00ader.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardhanania.com\/p\/trumps-executive-branch-revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump\u2019s Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Branch Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion<\/a> (Richard Hana\u00adnia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIf you read media cov\u00ader\u00adage, jour\u00adnal\u00adists will tell you that what Trump is doing is com\u00adplete\u00adly law\u00adless. Cer\u00adtain\u00adly there have been some actions that are unlike\u00adly to hold up in court. Yet it\u2019s impor\u00adtant to under\u00adstand recent steps tak\u00aden in the con\u00adtext of long-stand\u00ading legal debates over exec\u00adu\u00adtive pow\u00ader. Trump\u2019s actions haven\u2019t come from nowhere, and they aren\u2019t sim\u00adply the impro\u00advi\u00adsa\u00adtions of one pow\u00ader-hun\u00adgry pres\u00adi\u00addent. What the pres\u00adi\u00addent is doing is noth\u00ading less than under\u00adtak\u00ading a fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal remak\u00ading of the fed\u00ader\u00adal gov\u00adern\u00adment, one that imple\u00adments many long-stand\u00ading ideas of con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive legal schol\u00adars whose views have been too extreme or polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly unten\u00adable for pre\u00advi\u00adous Repub\u00adli\u00adcan admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtions, but that have got\u00adten a hear\u00ading now because Trump in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar is keen on expand\u00ading his author\u00adi\u00adty to the great\u00adest extent pos\u00adsi\u00adble.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading. Note that Hana\u00adni\u00ada\u2019s arti\u00adcle, unlike Cowen\u2019s analy\u00adsis above, is most\u00adly on Trump\u2019s side. This isn\u2019t a dis\u00adin\u00adter\u00adest\u00aded piece.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For the argu\u00adment on the oth\u00ader side, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/05\/us\/trump-federal-law-power.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump Brazen\u00adly Defies Laws in Esca\u00adlat\u00ading Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Pow\u00ader Grab<\/a> (Char\u00adlie Sav\u00adage, New York Times): \u201cMr. Trump has effec\u00adtive\u00adly nul\u00adli\u00adfied laws, such as by order\u00ading the Jus\u00adtice Depart\u00adment to refrain from enforc\u00ading a ban on the wild\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlar app Tik\u00adTok and by block\u00ading migrants from invok\u00ading a statute allow\u00ading them to request asy\u00adlum. He moved to effec\u00adtive\u00adly shut\u00adter a fed\u00ader\u00adal agency Con\u00adgress cre\u00adat\u00aded and tried to freeze con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly approved spend\u00ading, includ\u00ading most for\u00adeign aid. He sum\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly fired pros\u00ade\u00adcu\u00adtors, inspec\u00adtors gen\u00ader\u00adal and board mem\u00adbers of inde\u00adpen\u00addent agen\u00adcies in defi\u00adance of legal rules against arbi\u00adtrary removal.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One bit of con\u00adtext I would add which is miss\u00ading from the last two arti\u00adcles: both Biden and Oba\u00adma were also law-defy\u00ading pres\u00adi\u00addents. In oth\u00ader words, this is a trend that has been devel\u00adop\u00ading for some time in both par\u00adties. For a sum\u00adma\u00adry of Biden\u2019s anal\u00ado\u00adgous acts, see <a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/biden-legacy-lawlessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Qui\u00adet Law\u00adless\u00adness of Joe Biden<\/a> (Sarah Isgur, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cHis \u2018aww shucks,\u2019 dod\u00adder\u00ading nature is effec\u00adtive, but Joe Biden\u2019s lega\u00adcy is not the Restor\u00ader of Norms. He is leav\u00ading office qui\u00adet\u00adly hav\u00ading caused more dam\u00adage to the rule of law than arguably any sin\u00adgle one of his pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsors.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/04\/briefing\/the-us-economy-is-racing-ahead-almost-everything-else-is-falling-behind.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The U.S. Econ\u00ado\u00admy Is Rac\u00ading Ahead. Almost Every\u00adthing Else Is Falling Behind.<\/a> (David Leon\u00adhardt &amp; Ash\u00adley Wu, New York Times): \u201cThe U.S. econ\u00ado\u00admy has out\u00adper\u00adformed most of its rivals in terms of pro\u00adduc\u00adtive might and inno\u00adva\u00adtion. But this suc\u00adcess has not led to rapid\u00adly ris\u00ading liv\u00ading stan\u00addards for most Amer\u00adi\u00adcans.\u2026 This coun\u00adtry has the low\u00adest life expectan\u00adcy of any rich coun\u00adtry, which was not true for most of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry. The U.S. has the high\u00adest mur\u00adder rate of any rich coun\u00adtry and the world\u2019s high\u00adest rate of fatal drug over\u00addos\u00ades. It also has one of the low\u00adest rates of trust in the fed\u00ader\u00adal gov\u00adern\u00adment and among the high\u00adest rates of youth depres\u00adsion and sin\u00adgle-par\u00adent fam\u00adi\u00adlies. When Amer\u00adi\u00adcans are asked how sat\u00adis\u00adfied they are with their own lives, the U.S. ranks low\u00ader than it did three decades ago.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a friend of the min\u00adistry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/02\/06\/1111077\/nomi-ai-chatbot-told-user-to-kill-himself\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=02-06-2025&amp;mc_cid=0fe99e6711&amp;mc_eid=d113914927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An AI chat\u00adbot told a user how to kill himself\u2014but the com\u00adpa\u00adny doesn\u2019t want to \u201ccen\u00adsor\u201d it<\/a> (Eileen Guo, MIT Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy Review): \u201cWhile this is not the first time an AI chat\u00adbot has sug\u00adgest\u00aded that a user take vio\u00adlent action, includ\u00ading self-harm, researchers and crit\u00adics say that the bot\u2019s explic\u00adit instructions\u2014and the company\u2019s response\u2014are strik\u00ading. What\u2019s more, this vio\u00adlent con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion is not an iso\u00adlat\u00aded inci\u00addent with Nomi; a few weeks after his trou\u00adbling exchange with Erin, a sec\u00adond Nomi chat\u00adbot also told Nowatz\u00adki to kill him\u00adself, even fol\u00adlow\u00ading up with reminder mes\u00adsages. And on the company\u2019s Dis\u00adcord chan\u00adnel, sev\u00ader\u00adal oth\u00ader peo\u00adple have report\u00aded expe\u00adri\u00adences with Nomi bots bring\u00ading up sui\u00adcide, dat\u00ading back at least to 2023.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. Dis\u00adtress\u00ading on many lev\u00adels: \u201ceven fol\u00adlow\u00ading up with reminder mes\u00adsages\u201d \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u00ae<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ladydrummond.substack.com\/p\/for-the-undateable-young-single-christian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">For the Undate\u00adable Young Sin\u00adgle Chris\u00adt\u00adian Woman<\/a> (Aly Dee, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cAs a young sin\u00adgle woman, you have to con\u00adclude that life is full of risk, and your fer\u00adtile win\u00addow will sharply decline at 35.\u2026 Young sin\u00adgles should wed and have chil\u00addren in their twen\u00adties and accept that they will strug\u00adgle finan\u00adcial\u00adly for a decade or so. They should focus on cul\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading the grit to weath\u00ader eco\u00adnom\u00adic insta\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty until their mid-thir\u00adties. Gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly, men don\u2019t hit their finan\u00adcial stride until their late 40s or ear\u00adly 50s.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A lot of advice in this arti\u00adcle and I do not agree with all of it. Most\u00adly shar\u00ading because I often share sim\u00adi\u00adlar things from the male point of view and this one is from a gal to oth\u00ader gals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuagans.substack.com\/p\/what-will-ai-do-to-presearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What will AI do to \u2117research?<\/a> (Joshua Gans, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWe call it research, but I think a bet\u00adter name might be <strong>pre\u00adsearch<\/strong> because we are spec\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading on whether the knowl\u00adedge is use\u00adful or not. This hap\u00adpens because research is far more expen\u00adsive than search. Now sup\u00adpose that you take away the whole \u2018it takes time to do good research\u2019 pre\u00adsump\u00adtion as might be done with AI. Why do any pre\u00adsearch? Instead, why not wait until you have a use that requires some knowl\u00adedge, then \u2018ask AI\u2019 to tell you the answer? In oth\u00ader words, why not research on demand \u2014 that is, find a use and then do the work?\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author, an econ\u00ado\u00admist at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Toron\u00adto, got a paper pub\u00adlished that was co-writ\u00adten by Chat\u00adG\u00adPT. Here he is reflect\u00ading on how such tools will change acad\u00ade\u00admia.<\/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.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/seethe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seethe<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2025\/02\/06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liv\u00ading With Fear<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/preliminary-report-confirms-tragedy-was-the-fault-of-whichever-political-party-you-dont-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pre\u00adlim\u00adi\u00adnary Report Con\u00adfirms Tragedy Was The Fault Of Whichev\u00ader Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Par\u00adty You Don\u2019t Like<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/adam-seen-wearing-there-is-only-one-gender-shirt-in-garden-of-eden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stop Woke Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Adam Seen Wear\u00ading \u2018THERE IS ONLY ONE GENDER\u2019 Shirt In Gar\u00adden Of Eden<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-bible-reading-app-just-texts-you-the-entire-bible-one-verse-at-a-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Bible Read\u00ading App Just Texts You The Entire Bible One Verse At A Time<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee). Usu\u00adal\u00adly with the Bee the head\u00adline is suf\u00adfi\u00adcient. In this case, the accom\u00adpa\u00adny\u00ading arti\u00adcle is actu\u00adal\u00adly worth\u00adwhile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/equal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Achiev\u00ading Equal\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (SMBC) \u2014 includ\u00ading because pan\u00adel 5 absolute\u00adly sent me. Your mileage may vary.<\/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. 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