{"id":7679,"date":"2025-05-16T17:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T00:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7679"},"modified":"2025-05-16T17:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T00:59:55","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-504-ai-caution-christian-racial-dynamics-and-usa-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/05\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-504-ai-caution-christian-racial-dynamics-and-usa-europe","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 504: AI Caution, Christian Racial Dynamics, and USA &gt; Europe."},"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:\/\/croissanthology.com\/earring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Whis\u00adper\u00ading Ear\u00adring<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder): \u201cThe ear\u00adring is a lit\u00adtle topaz tetra\u00adhe\u00addron dan\u00adgling from a thin gold wire. When worn, it whis\u00adpers in the wearer\u2019s ear: \u2018Bet\u00adter for you if you take me off.\u2019 If the wear\u00ader ignores the advice, it nev\u00ader again repeats that par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar sug\u00adges\u00adtion.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A brief sto\u00adry.  10\/10 rec\u00adom\u00admend. You should all read this. It is a few years old yet you will find it time\u00adly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/10\/opinion\/pornhub-children-documents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.H08.gr3n.--nQRO4VzcFY&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">These Inter\u00adnal Doc\u00adu\u00adments Show Why We Shouldn\u2019t Trust Porn Com\u00adpa\u00adnies<\/a> (Nicholas Kristof, New York Times): \u201cWhat goes through the minds of peo\u00adple work\u00ading at porn com\u00adpa\u00adnies prof\u00adit\u00ading from videos of chil\u00addren being raped? Thanks to a fil\u00ading error in a Fed\u00ader\u00adal Dis\u00adtrict Court in Alaba\u00adma, releas\u00ading thou\u00adsands of pages of inter\u00adnal doc\u00adu\u00adments from Porn\u00adhub that were meant to be sealed, we now know.\u2026 Inter\u00adnal mem\u00ados seem to show exec\u00adu\u00adtives obsessed with mak\u00ading mon\u00adey by attract\u00ading the biggest audi\u00adences they could, pedophiles includ\u00aded. In one memo, Porn\u00adhub man\u00adagers pro\u00adposed words to be banned from video descrip\u00adtions \u2014 such as \u2018infant\u2019 and \u2018kid\u00addy\u2019 \u2014 while rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00ading that the site con\u00adtin\u00adue to allow \u2018bru\u00adtal,\u2019 \u2018child\u00adhood,\u2019 \u2018force,\u2019 \u2018snuffs,\u2019 \u2018unwill\u00ading,\u2019 \u2018minor\u2019 and \u2018wast\u00aded.\u2019 One inter\u00adnal note says that a per\u00adson who post\u00aded a sex\u00adu\u00adal video of a child shouldn\u2019t be banned from the site because \u2018the user made mon\u00adey.\u2019\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is a dis\u00adtress\u00ading read. Kristof has been per\u00adsis\u00adtent on this issue and it is much to his cred\u00adit. Unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/real-origins-christian-right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Were the Real Ori\u00adgins of the Chris\u00adt\u00adian Right?<\/a> (Daniel K. Williams, Mere Ortho\u00addoxy): \u201cThere\u2019s a bet\u00adter way to tell the sto\u00adry of the Chris\u00adt\u00adian Right\u2019s ori\u00adgins that makes sense of all the data \u2013 the tim\u00ading of the Chris\u00adt\u00adian Right\u2019s for\u00adma\u00adtion, the com\u00admit\u00adment of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals to the Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Par\u00adty, and even the enthu\u00adsi\u00adasm of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal vot\u00aders for Don\u00adald Trump.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a his\u00adto\u00adry pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Ash\u00adland Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2025\/05\/early-black-evangelicals-great-awakening\/?utm_medium=widgetsocial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Bat\u00adtle That Shaped Black Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals<\/a> (Jes\u00adsi\u00adca Jan\u00advi\u00ader, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cIn uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties, the his\u00adto\u00adry of the ear\u00adly Black church found a home in Africana stud\u00adies, which focused more on the growth of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty among Black peo\u00adple and less on the type of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty they prac\u00adticed. In con\u00adtrast, the writ\u00adten his\u00adto\u00adry of ear\u00adly evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism pre\u00addom\u00adi\u00adnant\u00adly fol\u00adlowed the lives of its white lead\u00aders and sub\u00adscribers. But even though we\u2019ve inher\u00adit\u00aded seg\u00adre\u00adgat\u00aded sto\u00adries, his\u00adto\u00adry paints a pic\u00adture of an inte\u00adgrat\u00aded sto\u00adry in which Black evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals always exist\u00aded.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/united-states-wealth-europe-gdp-prosperity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Con\u00adti\u00adnen\u00adtal Divide<\/a> (Yascha Mounk, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cToday, to an extent that few peo\u00adple on either con\u00adti\u00adnent have ful\u00adly inter\u00adnal\u00adized, a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant eco\u00adnom\u00adic gulf sep\u00ada\u00adrates Amer\u00adi\u00adca and Europe. On aver\u00adage, Amer\u00adi\u00adcans are now near\u00adly twice as rich as Euro\u00adpeans.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A thought\u00adful arti\u00adcle that antic\u00adi\u00adpates and effec\u00adtive\u00adly responds to the most com\u00admon objec\u00adtions to its the\u00adsis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/14\/technology\/chatgpt-college-professors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Pro\u00adfes\u00adsors Are Using Chat\u00adG\u00adPT, and Some Stu\u00addents Aren\u2019t Hap\u00adpy About It<\/a> (Kash\u00admir Hill, New York Times): \u201cThe Times con\u00adtact\u00aded dozens of pro\u00adfes\u00adsors whose stu\u00addents had men\u00adtioned their A.I. use in online reviews.\u2026 There was no con\u00adsen\u00adsus among them as to what was accept\u00adable. Some acknowl\u00adedged using Chat\u00adG\u00adPT to help grade stu\u00addents\u2019 work; oth\u00aders decried the prac\u00adtice. Some empha\u00adsized the impor\u00adtance of trans\u00adparen\u00adcy with stu\u00addents when deploy\u00ading gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtive A.I., while oth\u00aders said they didn\u2019t dis\u00adclose its use because of stu\u00addents\u2019 skep\u00adti\u00adcism about the tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy. Most, how\u00adev\u00ader, felt that Ms. Stapleton\u2019s expe\u00adri\u00adence at North\u00adeast\u00adern \u2014 in which her pro\u00adfes\u00adsor appeared to use A.I. to gen\u00ader\u00adate class notes and slides \u2014 was per\u00adfect\u00adly fine.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/15\/opinion\/rejection-college-youth.html?unlocked_article_code=1.H08.yBwg.FgvqR18_e-Qr&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018We Are the Most Reject\u00aded Gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion\u2019<\/a> (David Brooks, New York Times): \u201c\u2026I had phone con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions with cur\u00adrent col\u00adlege stu\u00addents and recent grad\u00adu\u00adates, focus\u00ading on elite schools where I assumed the ethos of exclu\u00adsion might be strongest. I asked the stu\u00addents if the \u2018most reject\u00aded gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion\u2019 the\u00adsis res\u00adonat\u00aded with them. Every sin\u00adgle one said it did. Sev\u00ader\u00adal of them told me that they had thought that once they got into a super\u00ads\u00ade\u00adlec\u00adtive col\u00adlege, the rat race would be over. On the con\u00adtrary, the Hunger Games had just begun.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked.<\/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\/new-pope-now-second-most-influential-christian-named-bob\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Pope Now Sec\u00adond-Most Influ\u00aden\u00adtial Chris\u00adt\u00adian Named \u2018Bob\u2019<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/conversion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Nov\u00adel Direc\u00adtion for Trol\u00adley Prob\u00adlems<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/3089\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mod\u00adern<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/05\/10\/pope-salary-income-tax-us\/?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_source=facebook,twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Even as pope, Leo XIV might have to deal with U.S. tax returns<\/a> (Vic\u00adto\u00adria Craw &amp; Julie Zauzmer Weil, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cThe Unit\u00aded States gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly requires all cit\u00adi\u00adzens to file an annu\u00adal tax return, even those who live out of the coun\u00adtry. But assum\u00ading he doesn\u2019t renounce his U.S. cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship, Leo \u2014 born in the Chica\u00adgo area and known until this week as Robert Pre\u00advost \u2014 has spe\u00adcial tax con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions, both as a cler\u00adgy\u00adman and now as the head of a for\u00adeign gov\u00adern\u00adment.\u2026 it\u2019s pos\u00adsi\u00adble the IRS will issue a pri\u00advate let\u00adter specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly address\u00ading his sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion. Or Con\u00adgress might even pass a law spelling out the tax sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion of the first Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pope, Wal\u00adczak spec\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded.\u201d<\/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\/2025\/05\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-504-ai-caution-christian-racial-dynamics-and-usa-europe\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 504: AI Cau\u00adtion, Chris\u00adt\u00adian Racial Dynam\u00adics, and USA &gt; Europe.\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":[219,240,226,160,136,116,247],"class_list":["post-7679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-elite-colleges","tag-europe","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-pornography","tag-race","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1ZR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7679","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=7679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7680,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7679\/revisions\/7680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}