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 ====== Blog 2020 ======
+This "blog" is just a brain-dump area. Formal studies that have been worked out, studied out, written up, etc. are in another section (like Topical, Various).
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+===== Content Value Hierarchy =====
+https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-content-value-hierarchy-cvh/
+{{ :blog_2020:content_value_hierarchy.jpg?direct |https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-content-value-hierarchy-cvh/}}
+It’s important for content creators—especially those in the newsletter and podcast spaces—to know what level of content they’re bringing to their audience.
+  - **Discovery:** You’re just surfacing random, interesting stuff for your audience.
+  - **Curation:** You’re being extremely conscientious about the quality of what you surface.
+  - **Analysis:** You don’t just show them content; you’re also telling them why it matters.
+  - **Vision:** You’re creating original ideas that help them navigate the world.
+**Summary**
+  * There has been a massive adoption trend around newsletters and podcasts, with people signing up for tons of them.
+  * Content moves through a value progression of Discovery, Curation, Analysis, and Vision.
+  * As people get overwhelmed with all the content they’ve signed up for, they’re likely to drop most of the newsletters and podcasts at the first and second levels.
+  * The highest chance you have of remaining on someone’s list after they cut 90% of their subscriptions is to provide analysis of what’s going on, and/or vision around what might be coming.
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+===== The Ruin of Every Minister =====
+**The Almost Inevitable Ruin Of Every Minister . . . And How To Avoid It**
+by [[http://biblicalspirituality.org/blog/|Don Whitney]] | {{ :11_notes:blog_2020-04-22_ruin_of_ministers_by_don_whitney.pdf |download}}
+**//For every twenty men who enter the ministry, by the time those men reach age sixty-five, only one will still be in the ministry.//**
+>**1 Timothy 4:15-16:** Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
+Almost everyone knows someone who used to be in the ministry. Almost everyone knows someone who shouldn't be in the ministry. And every minister knows another minister—if not several—he does not want to be like.
+But the sad news for ministers is, regardless of your age or education or experience, it is almost inevitable that you will become the kind of minister you do not want to be. So I think it's important to address the subject of: the almost inevitable ruin of every minister . . . and how to avoid it.
+  * They may get ruined by sex.
+  * They may get ruined by power.
+  * They may get ruined by pride.
+  * They may get ruined by cynicism.
+  * They may get ruined by success.
+The sad reality is, you will become like that. That's you in a few years.
+It's almost inevitable for every minister—**//__or__// you will make progress**. There is no middle ground.
+The world, the flesh, and the devil outnumber you, and they have you in their sights. ...unless you make the kind of spiritual progress that's spoken of in the Pastoral Epistles, you will be hit by enemy fire.
+Take pains with the things of God. Be absorbed in the Pastoral Epistles. Pay close attention to your life and to your doctrine. Don't let the ministry keep you from Jesus or keep you from learning.
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+===== Think About Death =====
+{{ :11_notes:blog_2020-04-22_think_about_death.jpg?direct |https://thoughtcatalog.com/ryan-holiday/2017/08/heres-why-you-should-think-about-death-every-day/}}
+**Think About Death Every Day by Ryan Holiday**
+**Original Article:** [[https://thoughtcatalog.com/ryan-holiday/2017/08/heres-why-you-should-think-about-death-every-day/|site]] or {{ :11_notes:blog_2020-04-22_think_about_death.pdf |download}}
+In late 1569, a French nobleman named Michel de Montaigne was given up as dead [[https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/11/13/165025207/death-but-softly|after being flung from a galloping horse]].
+As his friends carried his limp and bloodied body home, Montaigne watched his own life slip away, like some dancing spirit on the “tip of his lips,” only to have it return at the last possible second.
+This sublime and unusual experience marked the moment Montaigne changed his life. Within a few years, he would be one of the most famous writers in Europe. After his accident, Montaigne went on to write volumes of popular essays, serve two terms as mayor, travel internationally as a dignitary, and serve as a confidante of the king.
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+===== Facebook: You Are the Product =====
+Some quotes that resonate with me these days ([[https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/are-you-really-facebooks-product-the-history-of-a-dangerous-idea.html|source]])...
+Bruce Schneier:
+>Don’t make the mistake of thinking you’re Facebook’s customer, you’re not – you’re the product. Its customers are the advertisers.
+Mark Weinstein:
+>You as a Facebook user are not the customer. You are the product they sell.
+Edward Morrissey:
+>You’re not Facebook’s customer. You’re Facebook’s product.
+Brian Stelter:
+>You know, Facebook’s free. If something’s free, that means you’re the product.
+blue_beetle:
+>If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold.
+Content Article:
+>To the extent that our personal data has become a product, it’s because we—and our representatives in government—have allowed it to happen... If you aren’t paying for it with money, you’re paying for it in other ways. Whether it’s your time, your privacy, or your intellectual property, you’re giving over to Facebook something of value every time you use it.
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+===== Pastor-Teacher vs. Self-Help Coach =====
+**The Pastor-Theologian: Valuable and Necessary** an [[https://fromthestudy.com/2018/04/24/the-value-and-necessity-of-the-pastor-theologian/|article]] by Derek J. Brown
+Pastors of what seems like a long-lost era were doctrinally grounded and biblically saturated, to be sure; but they were also well-read in other important branches of study—literature, economics, politics, philosophy, and science—and were therefore able to apply biblical truth to these areas of inquiry with keen spiritual and intellectual skill, helping their people think theologically about major trends within the church and the greater society.
+Most importantly, the pastor was a theologian. Today, however, the pastoral office is no longer viewed in such categories.
+...the larger contemporary church has loaded the pastoral role with responsibilities and expectations that hinder if not altogether prohibit the work of theology. The pastor is seen chiefly as a “leader, organization builder, administrator, coach, inspirer, endless problem solver, spiritual pragmatist, and so much more.” For a pastor to consider how he might engage in important doctrinal discussions and cultural issues, pursue some form of theological writing, and make scholarly contributions to the larger Christian academy is to indulge in pointless fantasy
+The pastor-theologian, despite what history may tell us, appears to be an ecclesiastical impossibility in our current age.
+**Greg's Comment:** To the extent that local churches refuse to support pastor-teachers with their loyalty and "honor," we will not have these kinds of men in our pulpits leading us. As the saying goes, "You get what you pay for" and churches today do not value pastor-teachers.
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 ===== Palestinian Covenant: Basis for the New =====