Today We Choose Faces
An online book club discussing the psychology and philosophy of speculative and biographical fiction, starting with the works of Roger Zelazny and moving into (AI-assisted analysis of) personal journaling.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 52
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Titan Intro: "Founding's Father" (John D. Rockefeller)
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 abo…
Startup Fiction: The Backstory
- AltMBA
- Maven.com: Create and teach cohort-based courses
- Maven Course Accelerator
- #KhanWorldSchool
- Khommunity Enrichment Malls
- Story: Molly's Life Thesis
- Startup Fiction
RTB Finale: Human vs Divine
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)
RTB-11: Defensive vs Gracious
Chapter 11 of Round the Bend by Nevil Shute
To be continued...
RTB-10: "Work as Worship" vs "Worshipping Work"
Chapter 10 of Round the Bend by Nevil Shute
RTB-8: Religion vs Work vs Family
Chapter 8 of Round the Bend by Nevil Shute
JRP-5: Monks with Steel Balls
- https://overwatch-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Zenyatta
Why Ultron Was Right (ScreenCrush)
Monks with Steel Balls (Wisdom.app)
RTB-6: Law vs Grace
Chapter 6 of Nevil Shute's Round the Bend
History of the British Raj (Wikipedia)
RTB-5: Personal vs Professional
Chapter 5 of Nevil Shute's Round the Bend
RTB-4: Religion vs Progress
Religious Entrepreneurship in Nevil Shute’s Round the Bend
What is this book about?
Is it primarily about commerce, with a veneer of religion?
The other way around?
An exploration of the human tension be…
RTB-3: Absolution vs Forgiveness
Chapter 3 of Nevil Shute's Round the Bend
RTB-2b: Hypothetical Narratives
The rest of Chapter 2 of Round the Bend
Plus a bonus Nevil Shute fan fiction vignette, by Ernie: Round the Bend and Back Again
Driving Question: What is this book about?
RTB-2a: Love vs Shame
Chapter 2 of Round the Bend by Nevil Shute
Ironically interrupted by Ernie's mother, to ask for his help with moving the family cars
JRP-4 Performative Vulnerability
TWCF-3: Wholly Human
In order to preserve relationship, we must give up control (kenosis)
See also: Love vs. Power (Philip Yancey via Mitch Teemley)
TWCF-2/10: Thesis, Anti-Thesis, Syn-Thesis
What does it take to empathize and reconcile with the one we defined ourself as opposing?