Stryke's Scoop June 2021
- Stryker
- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 24, 2021
These are my friends... we (some of us) graduated!
Don't worry, the others will graduate next year ;)
2nd Half May 2021 Highlights
Moved into apartment in downtown Denver
New home base for the next year
Cabo Graduation trip
Friends from Baylor and USC joined to go across the southern border... I managed to somewhat avoid food poisoning?
Las Vegas Graduation Trip
Had a great time with a friend for his graduation celebration.
Literature
How to Solve a Climate Crisis by Bill Gates
Summary: Gates walks readers through the difficulties we face in overcoming and solving the climate crisis. Why is solving the climate crisis so vital?
The basic argument he sets forth is that the effects that will result from small changes in the environment turn into a butterfly/trickle down into all facets of the economy and society. For example, take a single degree Celsius increase in global temperature. This corresponds to a two-meter sea level rise which then contributes to a larger heat sink in the ocean. The larger heat sink then creates a more substantial difference in temperatures between the north and south. These conflicting temperatures in the northern and southern hemispheres leads to stronger winds, leading to stronger storms. As can be seen domestically with hurricanes like Katrina, Harvey, and Maria, these cause widespread death and billions of dollars of infrastructure damage: overall bad things. Maybe you aren’t on the coast, how will global warming effect you? Potentially you’re living in an area of the country where you won’t be severely affected like the Pacific Northwest or south of the rust belt, but your pockets will. That same single degree increase will cause hotter temperatures throughout the season across the US and that is detrimental for farmers. For each degree Celsius increase, crop yields on average diminish by 10% - that holds true for all staple crops including corn, rice, and wheat. Because of the diminished yield, farmers will naturally have to increase prices. These are just two examples of the several laid out in the book of how climate change might affect you.
The last few chapters of the book go on to point out several different technological advances (especially in carbon sequestration) and governmental policies (such as a carbon tax) needed to be enacted in order to halt and reverse the global temperature increases.
Strongly recommend reading this book so you have a better understanding.
Struggles
Finding enough time to do everything I want to do. I’ve been busyyyyy. Looking forward to settling down and getting to work from home next week.
Shoutouts
Adri, Aydin, and Chris – had such a fun time taking a trip with you guys! Wouldn’t have been the same without each of you guys. We must do it again (and hopefully not get food poisoning).
Louis – dude, thank you for the invite to the festivities in Vegas. I have a newfound appreciation for the city, we will definitely have to do it again.
Mom & Dad – thank you for taking care of me the first few weeks of May and for aiding me in my move downtown (to all those unaware, they can also be credited for moving all my furniture into my apartment while I was traveling).
Closing Thoughts
I have been working hard to network with new people across the real estate and blockchain industries to learn more about what is going on at the intersection. I’m looking forward to attending the Bitcoin conference in Miami this next week and continuing to speak with leaders in the real estate development space. As I continue to aggregate information and learn more about the space, I look forward to publishing more articles that cover the material I pick up. Stay tuned.
What’s Next
Bitcoin Conference
Settle into apartment
Weekly Real Estate Newsletter
Develop clear, trackable metrics
If you’re curious to see more of what’s going on, be sure to check out my blog. Or if you want to see what I did last month, check out my Stryke’s Scoop from May!
Until next month!