Quote of the Week

There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way. — Christopher Morley

Video of the Week

After wrapping up our time in Prague (see Prague Day One, Prague Day Two, Prague Day Three), we headed to London to close our four-week European trip. 

London was where we started and where we’ll end. I captured our fifth and sixth days here (London Day Five, London Day Six). What an incredible past four weeks it’s been. 

Article of the Week

The Coming Great Conflict by Ray Dalio is a chilling, hit-you-in-the-face article. Dalio talks about “the rises and declines of domestic and world orders over the last 500 years” where he “chronicled the six stages of the ‘big internal order cycle,’ their symptoms, and the cause-effect relationships that drive them.”

One of the main takeaways for me was Dalio’s position that we’re currently in “Stage Five (the pre-civil war stage) and Stage Six (the civil war stage that he believes we are on the brink of) of the internal order cycle.” After reading the article, I agree with Dalio. 

Book of the Week

Ballistic (Gray Man) by Mark Greaney is the third book in the Gray Man series that follows the main character Court Gentry aka the Gray Man who “was betrayed by his compatriots and forced to take on a near-suicidal covert mission by the CIA.”

Gentry, living in refuge in the Amazon rain forest, has his bloody past come back to haunt him “when a vengeful Russian crime lord forces him to go on the run once again. Court makes his way to one of the only men in the world he can trust—and arrives too late. His friend is dead and buried.”

Podcast of the Week

New Project Media Interconnections, Currents, The Carbon Copy, and Climate Positive are four renewable energy podcasts I chewed on over the past week. The quality of the guests was impressive. 

A few of my favorite episodes from the past week include New Project Media – Laura Pagliarulo – SolaREIT, New Project Media – Caitlin Smith – Jupiter Power, New Project Media – Kevin Smith – Arevon Energy, New Project Media – Scott Jacobs – Generate Capital, New Project Media – Adama Comora – Opal Fuels, New Project Media – Hans Royal – Schneider Electric, Riverside Advisors on Financial Hedging, EPSA CEO on Recent Policies and Their Effect on the Grid, Schneider Electric Vice President on Offtake Agreements and Tax Credits, Our Final Episode: The top stories of 2024 so far, Transferring tax credits has never been so fun (and easy) – Alfred Johnson – CEO of Crux, Not every battery is created equal – Jacob Mansfield, Emma Konet and Adam Reeve, and Leading the charge in commercial solar – Steve Raeder – CEO of Summit Ridge Energy. 

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