How the sad walls of Affluence and White Privilege keep us in worlds light years apart — Once in a while, you just gotta rant. I recently heard the somewhat disturbing story of soon-to-be newlyweds who, despite all a steady stream of horrific news out of Hawaii, insisted on honeymooning on the devastated island of Maui. One hundred fourteen deaths, over 350 unaccounted for. Ashes still smoldering…

Is Singularity the Next Stop or is ChatGPT just a bad psychedelic trip? — Folks this stuff on GenAI (short for generative AI), LLMs and generalized “Artificial Intelligences”, abbreviated AIs, is at the same time wondrous and unsettling. Are we experiencing a an explosive hype-cycle or are we at a true inflection point of ascent that will change the world, that will redefine the…

Five themes that tell me I have a long way to go — Article Refined by a Pentecost Sermon on May 28th 2023. Catholicism is more than a theory, a set of long lived, and slowly expanding traditions of orthopraxy and orthodoxy. It is about faith, a deep personal belief in time tested traditions, often embattled, that have seen more, for more than…

A Microcosm of sorrows, vibrant hopes and a balanced life that unravels at much slower pace — Author’s Note: A emotional reflection inspired by a late night conversation with my “Zia Clara”, that took place during a recent trip to my land of origin Calabria, the region of the Italian peninsula which often refer to as the “tip of the boot”. I reckon, that at least four…

Experiencing Latin from the Corner Pastry Shop -The ChatGPT Installment — ChatGPT is making headlines, positive and negative on a daily basis. And it has spurred some thinking on my end. Don’t know what ChatGPT is? Well, it is an A.I, an Artificial Intelligence, that is based on what researchers call a Large Language Model that is trained in “Natural Language…

With less than a week to go , a eureka moment of understanding — Inspired by the Gospel Readings of February 19, 2023 I am embarrassed, perhaps even ashamed to state and recognize that it would taked me so long, close to a half a lifetime, to gain a more solid understanding of the meaning of Lent. This Sunday morning Monsignor Emeritus Alan Detscher’s…

Coming to terms with Homo Digitalis and our on-line digital legacy — For a while now, I have been reflecting along with some friends, on the ever greater problem of ensuring that the vast amount of digital content that we create on a daily basis has a chance of being accurately preserved for posterity, and, bluntly put, surviving past the day we…

Time of reset, for some inner soul searching, a contemplative spin — I recently had dinner with a very good friend in the West Village of NYC. Yes, the West Village, a place that might not be well known for deep religious fervor. Maybe I am wrong, so don’t hold it against me for I don’t have much to base that on…

Why there still is a place for old fashion conservatism — Note: Consider listening to this article as an alternative to a Podcast Let’s start this discussion with exercise in building an historical context and do so by using a sorted series of themes manifest in American society, politics and current events that I have managed to collate into the following…