by John Kralik | Apr 25, 2023 | Books
The advent of ChatGPT has provoked what can only be described as panic about artificial intelligence (“AI”). The most notable instance is the open letter signed by over 2,000 very smart people at the Future for Life website, calling for a six-month pause in...
by John Kralik | Apr 22, 2023 | Books
The advent of ChatGPT has caused the resurgence of the alarm that began with the invention of computers. If we can all be replaced by computers, what then are people for? What are people for? The first time I felt dread from this question was more than 50 years ago,...
by John Kralik | Feb 13, 2023 | Grateful Thoughts
In the spring of 1970, David Crosby’s voice persuaded me to stop cutting my hair. Before 1965, my hair had been short, but I was satisfied with it. The barber shop was a friendly place, and a young man could expect to read an entire good comic book and chew a few...
by John Kralik | Jan 17, 2023 | Grateful Thoughts
In my last blog, I explained how I had come across F3, a workout group that seeks to foster the three “F’s” of fitness, fellowship, and faith. There are 3,500 such groups in the United States. There are none in Los Angeles. I thought briefly of filling the L.A. void...
by John Kralik | Dec 23, 2022 | Grateful Thoughts
On September 25, 2022, I read an article in the New York Times entitled “For Suburban Texas Men, a Workout Craze with a Side of Faith” by Ruth Graham. Two things about the article struck me. First, the fiery epicenter of “F3,” the faith-influenced workout...
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