• When does being right give you the right to impose morality on fools?
• What is the cost?
• Does the gospel demand more from us than mere religion?

Perhaps Rockefeller did the best he could.
Can we, with his example, do better?

https://2transform.us/2023/06/25/6-25-epic-poem-christ-yield/

Ch 7 of Ron Chernow's biography of John D. Rockefeller

Is the absence of internal conflict the key to harmonious living?

Matthew 20:1-16 

Is the essence of morality a heart turned towards God?

When is the maturity to comprehend divergent perspectives 
more important than simple morality?

How does compartmentalization help/hurt us?

Chapter 6 of Ron Chernow's biography of John D. Rockefeller

• How we scale the benefits of a new economy?
• Do the means justify the ends?
• Is even the "right" decision 100% "good"?
• Can something is "locally good" result in "global evil" at scale?

Chapter 5 of Ron Chernow's biography of John D. Rockefeller

Pioneering a whole new approach to business in the midst of the oil boom.
"Not merely self-made, but self-invented"

• Was Rockefeller truly moral? 
• Is there such a thing as unconscious sin? (start 18min in)
• Is "ethical business" merely a cultural convention? (cf. "market fraud")

Chapter 4 of Ron Chernow's biography of John D. Rockefeller

• What are the consequences of our parenting, for good and ill? 
• How much is intentional? 
• In what ways does it matter? 
• Can we even know?

Did Rockefeller's success transcend the sins of his father, or were his own success and failure deeply entwined with them? And did religion cure, or just compartmentalize, his father wound?

Chapter 3 of Titan, Ron Chernow's biography of John D. Rockefeller

We explore Rockefeller's complex (and self-deceiving) relationship to his outlandish father "Big Bill", how it may have been psychologically necessary for him to succeed, and what it means for ours

"Titan" by Ron Chernow
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16121.Titan

Rockefeller is the grandfather of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship, and a complex study of the tension between Christian character and successful ambition.  What can my father and I learn from him about the kind of legacy we want to leave, and how?

• https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/standard-oil-part-ii
• https://www.amazon.com/Titan-Life-John-Rockefeller-Sr/dp/1400077303

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Wrapping up a book club with my father on Nevil Shute‘s novel Round the Bend

Religious Entrepreneurship in Nevil Shute’s Round the Bend (ihack.us)
Round the Bend and Back Again (2transform.us)

1. RTB-1: Love versus Marriage
2. RTB-2a: Love vs Shame
   1. RTB-2b: Hypothetical Narratives
3. RTB-3: Absolution vs Forgiveness
4. RTB-4: Religion vs Progress
5. RTB-5: Personal vs Professional
6. RTB-6: Law vs Grace
7. RTB-7: Foolish vs Wicked
8. RTB-8: Religion vs Work vs Family
9. RTB-9: Respond vs React
10. RTB-10: "Work as Worship" vs "Worshipping Work"
11. RTB-11: Defensive vs Gracious