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You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions, so if you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Stop Pathol\u00ado\u00adgiz\u00ading Ordi\u00adnary Life<\/a> (Clay Rout\u00adledge, New York Times): \u201cThe more fix\u00adat\u00aded we are on men\u00adtal health, the more sen\u00adsi\u00adtive we become to any\u00adthing that might qual\u00adi\u00adfy as a symp\u00adtom and the more we use clin\u00adi\u00adcal lan\u00adguage to describe nor\u00admal emo\u00adtion\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00adences like grief, burnout and lone\u00adli\u00adness. This broad\u00aden\u00ading of what we think counts as a dis\u00ador\u00adder \u2014 known as con\u00adcept creep \u2014 encour\u00adages us to pathol\u00ado\u00adgize ordi\u00adnary life and see our\u00adselves as men\u00adtal\u00adly unhealthy.\u2026 Near\u00adly a third of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan adults and half of Gen Z adults have giv\u00aden them\u00adselves a diag\u00adno\u00adsis of a men\u00adtal ill\u00adness based on infor\u00adma\u00adtion from social media. And research sug\u00adgests that peo\u00adple who rely on social media for infor\u00adma\u00adtion about men\u00adtal ill\u00adness\u00ades tend to have less accu\u00adrate knowl\u00adedge about them.\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Coun\u00adter\u00adfeit Prov\u00adi\u00addence: Why Chris\u00adtians Must Reject the Con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Mind<\/a> (Mitchell Bahnsen, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe believ\u00ader has been cat\u00ade\u00adchized, right\u00adly, to reject the sec\u00adu\u00adlar pic\u00adture of his\u00adto\u00adry as a direc\u00adtion\u00adless churn of mat\u00adter and acci\u00addent. He knows in his bones that events mean some\u00adthing, that his\u00adto\u00adry is going some\u00adwhere, that appear\u00adances deceive and a deep\u00ader order under\u00adlies them. Con\u00adspir\u00adacism takes the prov\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial instinct, a the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly healthy one, and trans\u00adfers its object from the father\u00adly hand of God to the hid\u00adden hand of the deep state. Where prov\u00adi\u00addence teach\u00ades that his\u00adto\u00adry is gov\u00aderned by a God who is for us, con\u00adspir\u00adacism teach\u00ades that it is gov\u00aderned by pow\u00aders who are against us.\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. US pros\u00ade\u00adcu\u00adtors charge Atlanta man after Graphe\u00adneOS phone wipes itself dur\u00ading air\u00adport search<\/a> (Skye Jacobs, TechSpot): \u201cThe case rais\u00ades ques\u00adtions about which con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal rights apply at US bor\u00adders, includ\u00ading inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal air\u00adports, where author\u00adi\u00adties have broad\u00ader search pow\u00aders.\u2026 Graphe\u00adneOS is designed to improve pri\u00adva\u00adcy and secu\u00adri\u00adty on Pix\u00adel phones. Sup\u00adport\u00aders say those tools are legit\u00adi\u00admate secu\u00adri\u00adty pro\u00adtec\u00adtions, not evi\u00addence of crim\u00adi\u00adnal intent. Boutry point\u00aded to France and Spain, where author\u00adi\u00adties have strug\u00adgled to gain access to secured devices. He said author\u00adi\u00adties have treat\u00aded the use of Graphe\u00adneOS itself as sus\u00adpi\u00adcious. In Cat\u00adalo\u00adnia, Spain, police have been pro\u00adfil\u00ading peo\u00adple car\u00adry\u00ading Pix\u00adel phones, assum\u00ading they have Graphe\u00adneOS installed and are drug deal\u00aders or gang mem\u00adbers.\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. A rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion is unfold\u00ading. Vot\u00aders every\u00adwhere are furi\u00adous.<\/a> (Fareed Zakaria, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cWe sum\u00admon a car in three min\u00adutes. A pack\u00adage arrives the same day. AI answers com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded ques\u00adtions in sec\u00adonds, and does more com\u00adplex work that took peo\u00adple months in mere min\u00adutes. Nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly, cit\u00adi\u00adzens begin to expect sim\u00adi\u00adlar effi\u00adcien\u00adcy from gov\u00adern\u00adment. But democ\u00adra\u00adcy is not designed for speed. It is designed for legit\u00adi\u00adma\u00adcy. It bar\u00adgains, com\u00adpro\u00admis\u00ades, con\u00adsults courts, pro\u00adtects vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble groups and bal\u00adances com\u00adpet\u00ading inter\u00adests. Those safe\u00adguards are pre\u00adcise\u00adly what dis\u00adtin\u00adguish democ\u00adra\u00adcy from author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism. Yet in an age shaped by technology\u2019s warp speed, they increas\u00ading\u00adly look like paral\u00ady\u00adsis.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. How the mod\u00adern plea bar\u00adgain under\u00adcuts the con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal right to a jury tri\u00adal<\/a> (Matt Martens, The Hill): \u201cJury tri\u00adals, by pub\u00adlicly air\u00ading and test\u00ading the evi\u00addence of the crimes, serve the dual func\u00adtions of both pro\u00adtect\u00ading the accused from false accu\u00adsa\u00adtions and coer\u00adcion to wrong\u00adly admit guilty and pro\u00adtect\u00ading the com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty from lenient sen\u00adtenc\u00ading of dan\u00adger\u00adous offend\u00aders. Mod\u00adern Amer\u00adi\u00adcan-style plea bar\u00adgains wreak hav\u00adoc on both those vital inter\u00adests.\u201d \n