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<\/a> 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. Buried tal\u00adents<\/a> (Edan Krolewicz, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe ideas that win<\/em> among elites are, on the whole, ideas that excuse<\/em> elites. This isn\u2019t some grand con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy. The mar\u00adket for ideas, like every oth\u00ader mar\u00adket, gives peo\u00adple what they want. And elites want to be told they\u2019re fine\u2026 Elite selection\u2014admissions, recruit\u00ading, promotions\u2014filters for spe\u00adcif\u00adic things: con\u00adsci\u00aden\u00adtious\u00adness, risk aver\u00adsion, abil\u00adi\u00adty to opti\u00admize with\u00adin defined para\u00adme\u00adters. Peo\u00adple who ques\u00adtion the game don\u2019t sur\u00advive the game. The philoso\u00adpher who asks why the hedge fund exists doesn\u2019t get hired there. The lawyer who ques\u00adtions the adver\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adal sys\u00adtem doesn\u2019t make part\u00adner. By the time some\u00adone reach\u00ades elite sta\u00adtus, decades of selec\u00adtion have pro\u00adduced exact\u00adly the traits that make them good at climb\u00ading and use\u00adless at ques\u00adtion\u00ading.\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. For\u00admal\u00adiz\u00ading the US tax code<\/a> (Alan Yahya, Lex\u00adFi\u00adna): \u201cOur argu\u00adment is that point\u00ading AI and a proof check\u00ader at a ver\u00adsioned record of the law finds the con\u00adtra\u00addic\u00adtions and mechan\u00adi\u00adcal mis\u00adtakes that peo\u00adple miss. In par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, we can catch mis\u00adtakes in the text, and see what the rules allow, includ\u00ading what they allow by acci\u00addent. To do so, we trans\u00adlat\u00aded each sec\u00adtion of the law into Lean, stay\u00ading close to the statute\u2019s own words, and test\u00aded it against the worked exam\u00adples the IRS prints in its forms and instruc\u00adtions.\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Why I Choose to Be Non\u00adde\u00adnom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal<\/a> (David Kunkel, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cEven amid denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal shifts, it remains true that the largest denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Protes\u00adtantism is, iron\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, no denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion at all. In light of this, I\u2019d like to make a bib\u00adli\u00adcal case for non\u00adde\u00adnom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal church\u00ades, while high\u00adlight\u00ading the movement\u2019s often-over\u00adlooked strengths. Just as Paul reminds us that the church is a body and the eye needs the hand (1 Cor. 12:21), so too does the Luther\u00adan need the non\u00adde\u00adnom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adist.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The Lux\u00adu\u00adry of Chil\u00addren<\/a> (Jes\u00fas Fer\u00adn\u00e1n\u00addez-Villaverde, For\u00adeign Affairs): \u201cIn 1972, near\u00adly eight times as many chil\u00addren were born in Chi\u00adna as in the Unit\u00aded States. In 2025, that fig\u00adure has dropped to 2.2 times as many. China\u2019s total fer\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty rate in 2025 was 0.93, while the U.S. rate was 1.58. If fer\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty rates remain at those lev\u00adels, the Unit\u00aded States will over\u00adtake Chi\u00adna in annu\u00adal births at some point in the 2080s and in total pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion by around 2120. That date might arrive ear\u00adli\u00ader if the gap between the fer\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty rates of Chi\u00adna and the Unit\u00aded States con\u00adtin\u00adues to widen\u2026. Among the great pow\u00aders, the Unit\u00aded States is the least exposed to demo\u00adgraph\u00adic head\u00adwinds. Younger pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions tend to be more inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive and less reliant on pub\u00adlic sup\u00adport, a fact that bodes well for Amer\u00adi\u00adcan prospects in the com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion to come.\u201d \n