This week, Horace joins Oliver on the podcast to talk about hype cycles,capital formation and transport funding patterns historically, and what wecan learn from them about the micromobility space now.Specifically:- The parallels between the hype cycles for MP3 players, the internet andpersonal computers vs. micromobility.- The perils of ‘being early’ in large scale technology adoptions.- The history of funding for the auto, railway and canal sectors transportsystems, and parallels to micromobility and the infrastructure required.- Why pioneers for traditional transport innovations largely end up witharrows in their back.- Why we’re unlikely to see large scale infrastructure deployments like weused to in democratic countries.
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