Viral Nature—thinking about the impact of coronavirus on micromobility with Horace

Oliver Bruce
Podcast
March 26, 2020

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This week, Horace joins Oliver for a discussion about the impact of COVID19on the world of micromobility, as well as taking questions from Twitter.Specifically, we cover:- Horace discusses the work of Nassim Taleb on anti fragility and tailrisks, and how that applies to micromobility’s low-end disruption- Why financial stress, shorter distances being travelled in quarantineareas and the low-cost nature of micromobility position it to do well inthe face of this crisis.- Examining this pandemic in the face of historical challenges like WW2 andearlier pandemics- The impacts and opportunities faced by shared micromobility operators inthe meantime.- How brands can be ‘made’ in moments of crisis.- Whether the early movement for ‘emergency bike lanes’ to facilitatephysically isolated movement will take hold, and how that could spreadaround the globe.NOTE: Apologies in advance for the audio quality. Things are moving veryquickly, and even though we recorded this on Saturday, lots has changedsince then. It’s not quite up the standards that we’d normally want, but weprioritised shipping it out sooner given how fast everything is moving.

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