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Our Magical Mystery Tour–Now Departing from Reality
Also check out the Magis Center blog, which this week posted a previous, related commentary by Bill Schmitt: “We Seek Authenticity, But Be Careful Defining What’s Real.” The Magis Center is directed by Father Robert Spitzer, SJ. Breathe in the … Continue reading
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Timing is the Key to Comity: No Joke!
This is a preview of the commentary to be published tomorrow in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Be sure to check out some of the links below to view videos. Comedians have a key area of expertise: timing. We enjoy … Continue reading
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A Theology of the Disembodied: The Pope’s ‘AI’ Caveats Continue
Hear my interview with Father Philip Larrey, an advisor to the Vatican on artificial intelligence. Recorded in early February, this 47-minute audio provides Fr. Larrey’s insights on AI’s benefits and challenges, expanding upon the World Communications Day message described below. … Continue reading
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Remembering Charles Osgood, a Muse of the News
Charles Osgood, an immensely talented alumnus of Catholic schooling and brilliantly effective purveyor of a “Catholic imagination,” died Jan. 23 at age 91, leaving an upbeat legacy in secular American journalism. Osgood played a role in inspiring my own study … Continue reading
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Duty is Truth, Truth Duty
This commentary was published today in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Please consider subscribing to that publication to support my work. Learn more about my multimedia content and career experience at billschmitt.substack.com/about. America’s mainstream news media cannot say “they didn’t … Continue reading
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In Polling, Are We the Margin of Error?
This commentary was published earlier in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Please consider subscribing to the publication, whose contents include a Bookshelf of resources for the avocational student of phronesis, or practical wisdom, as described by Aristotle. Here’s a recent … Continue reading
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Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Numbing
This is the complete, two-part commentary published today in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. On Substack, part two was published as part of the “Phronesis Plus” supplement behind the paywall for subscribers. Please consider subscribing to support this work. Hear … Continue reading
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Fake Muse? Finding Allies in Voegelin and Cuomo
This discussion of philosophy–in ancient times and on the nightly news–appears in the current edition of “Phronesis in Pieces,” my Substack publication at billschmitt.substack.com. Eric Voegelin I want to point out a link I have added to the “Defining Phronesis” section of … Continue reading
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When Cents Make News, News Can Make Sense
The following commentary is a preview of a soon-to-be-published edition of “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. This is newsworthy if it’s true: The U.S. Mint has ceased producing pennies. I have reason to believe this might be true, and many … Continue reading
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Collaring the Chatbot: Let US Pray!
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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