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Martin Mignot

@martinmignot

Partner @indexventures and anti-car activist at the Happy Streets Foundation. I love tech, walkable cities and football.

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Here's today's reminder that every day in NYC, there are roughly 233 reported crashes with roughly 114 people injured — every single day. (Map from Crashmapper based on city stats Jan. 1-Feb. 18, 2023)

Here's today's reminder that every day in NYC, there are roughly 233 reported crashes with roughly 114 people injured — every single day. (Map from Crashmapper based on city stats Jan. 1-Feb. 18, 2023)
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I’m always surprised when folks talk about how dangerous the subway is in NYC and seem totally oblivious that cars kill 50k and injure >2m (🤯) per year in the US, which are an outlier in the developed world. Needs size and speed limits on every vehicle to end the carnage.

I’m always surprised when folks talk about how dangerous the subway is in NYC and seem totally oblivious that cars kill 50k and injure >2m (🤯) per year in the US, which are an outlier in the developed world. Needs size and speed limits on every vehicle to end the carnage.
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I attended my first Evidence dinner hosted by Damir Becirovic last night, and this is a truly brilliant concept. Folks should be hosting them everywhere - they make for incredibly stimulating conversations

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I see many high-burn but cash-rich companies anticipate high interest income on their cash given how high the rates are today. While this will clearly help with cash burn in 2023, interest rates may come down as quickly as they've gone up, so better not bet on it in the future

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Love this visualisation of the downtown Manhattan tech scene. This is the ultimate 15-minute city: 100s of top tech companies within a 15-minute bike ride from the Index Ventures office in Meatpacking. Which city can beat this?

Love this visualisation of the downtown Manhattan tech scene. 

This is the ultimate 15-minute city: 100s of top tech companies within a 15-minute bike ride from the <a href="/IndexVentures/">Index Ventures</a> office in Meatpacking. Which city can beat this?
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Even with the worst air pollution in the world, it wouldn’t cross any NYC official’s mind to take measures to reduce driving. Car culture is what got us here and will keep us here for as long as it continues unchallenged.

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To my Parisian friends: you've got to go to this - most fun way you can spend a Sunday afternoon. This was the latest ride in London for those who don't know Domonic yet: youtube.com/watch?v=KaRBm5…

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France 🇫🇷 just sucks at marketing. If the US 🇺🇸 had decarbonized its entire energy production in a decade, Ryan Gosling would star in the movie and the whole world would be talking about it and doing the exact same thing (ie. going all in on nuclear ☢️).

France 🇫🇷 just sucks at marketing. 

If the US 🇺🇸 had decarbonized its entire energy production in a decade, Ryan Gosling would star in the movie and the whole world would be talking about it and doing the exact same thing (ie. going all in on nuclear ☢️).
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The greatest man you've never heard of died this week on Wednesday, September 6th. Marcel Boiteux built the French nuclear fleet as head of national utility EdF, making superb, far-sighted decisions against powerful entrenched interests. Decisions such as abandoning the

The greatest man you've never heard of died this week on Wednesday, September 6th.

Marcel Boiteux built the French nuclear fleet as head of national utility EdF, making superb, far-sighted decisions against powerful entrenched interests.

Decisions such as abandoning the
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This morning I ended up arguing with not one but two drivers at the same time on the morning school ride. It got so bad that one of them put his car across 7th avenue and tried to spit on me... All because I dared telling the driver ahead of him that she was driving too fast and

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Europe – we need your help. Please sign this petition to create a pan-european legal entity and promote it as much as you can: eu-inc.org We got RIGHT NOW a once in a generation chance to improve Europe for startups. 🔥 We got 6 weeks until the new comission sets

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I know Reflect Orbital reflects sunlight onto solar panels. Are there any companies working on deflecting sunlight to create shade on targeted areas ? For example to reduce the intensity of heatwaves on big cities ? Cc Andrew Nutter any idea?

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I’m loving the chance to interview the founders of the leading AI companies. I met Captions’ founders Gaurav Misra & dwight churchill through my good friend Blake Robbins. Blake and I have constantly been discussing the most interesting, sometimes mind-blowing AI-based products and

I’m loving the chance to interview the founders of the leading AI companies. 

I met Captions’ founders <a href="/gmharhar/">Gaurav Misra</a> &amp; <a href="/dwightchurchill/">dwight churchill</a> through my good friend <a href="/blakeir/">Blake Robbins</a>. Blake and I have constantly been discussing the most interesting, sometimes mind-blowing AI-based products and
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Official proposal handover to the EU commissioners ✅ 🙏❤️ Still tons of work but great first steps Lets fix Europe for startups. 🇪🇺

Official proposal handover to the EU commissioners ✅ 🙏❤️

Still tons of work but great first steps

Lets fix Europe for startups. 🇪🇺
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« It’s only going to get weirder. The level of contradictions is going to rise excruciatingly, even beyond the excruciating present level. » Terence McKenna in 1998