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12 Top Quotes from World Communications Days (2018-2023)

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

Listen to my conversation with Matt Swaim on the Son Rise Morning Show (5-22-23), discussing World Communications Day. Click here and jump to the 1:39 mark. This commentary was also published 5-21-23 in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Today is … Continue reading →

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“Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a Crown”

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary is a preview of content soon to be published in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. The coronation of King Charles III on May 6 provided a thought-provoking education in the inspiration and incompleteness of symbolism. For a Catholic … Continue reading →

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Are We Becoming Infophobes?

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary is a preview of content that will appear later in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. “Phobia” is one of the many words which have been repurposed these days, as in “transphobe” or “homophobe.” So, appropriately, as I coin … Continue reading →

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Collaring the Chatbot: Let US Pray!

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

Can a chatbot pray? I had a chance to converse with Bard, Google’s newest artificial-intelligence product for the masses. It asked me what I wanted, so I typed in a request: “Write a prayer asking God to give AI wisdom.” … Continue reading →

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Shopping for Intelligence — No Artificial Ingredients

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This is a follow-up to the “Googolplex” commentary, discussed on The Son Rise Morning Show on April 21. Please read that piece, found below, first. Look for this addendum in Phronesis in Pieces, at billschmitt.substack.com, in the coming days. Here … Continue reading →

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A Googolplex of Reactions as AI Pauses to Chat

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This was first published in Phronesis in Pieces at billschmitt.substack.com on April 11, 2023. There’s a sweet scent of progress lofting in one corner of the polarized public square. Although many policy arenas have become musty with stale conversations based … Continue reading →

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Acting Our Age: The ‘Generation Gap’ Regenerates

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

7 min ago This commentary first appeared in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Please take a look at this publication on Substack. Current political discourse tends to spotlight society’s divisions based on race and gender. Get ready to deal more … Continue reading →

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God Unplugged: The ‘Remember Me’ Tour

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary first appeared in “Phronesis in Pieces,” at billschmitt.substack.com, on Feb. 27, 2023. As Lent 2023 begins, it’s time to book another tour with God. Such excursions can be customized—by Him, not us. He’ll give us glimpses of glorious … Continue reading →

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Giving Up Virtue Signals for Lent

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the Catholic Church’s liturgy for Ash Wednesday (Feb. 22, 2023), other than ashes we will wear on our foreheads, is Christ’s warning against virtue signaling. People of today’s secular culture, seeking to fill their inner … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Resigned to Quiet Quitting

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary first appeared in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com on Feb. 7, 2023. For a phenomenon whose name implies otherwise, “quiet quitting” sends a loud and clear message to all of us sharing responsibility for society’s well-being. We need … Continue reading →

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