The year is 2026. While DARS and government buildings are still sweating with excitement over the drawing of a third lane on the Styrian motorway and dreaming of hectoliters of new asphalt on the same route, which has already been dug up a hundred times, I have the unpleasant feeling that I am watching a repeat of a very bad historical drama. This national enthusiasm of ours for the expansion of the motorway at a time when technology is redefining the very essence of movement is exactly as if in 2007, just a day after Steve Jobs showed the world the first iPhone, the Nokia board of directors had called a crisis meeting, at which they would have decided with all seriousness and strategic enthusiasm how to squeeze two additional keys onto the physical keyboard for faster typing. A completely missed point that will serve as an example of expensive myopia in economics textbooks. The third lane of the motorway is a way back in time. Let me explain why!
