“A vital role in the progress of civilization”

Michael Lamm recently came across this Disney animated short, “Magic Highway USA,” which presents visions for the future of highway transportation, circa 1958. Sure, some of the concepts seem rather naïve and idealistic, even self-contradicting, others just downright goofy, but plenty of the ideas in the short have already become commonplace, and plenty more are currently in development. Nuclear-powered cars to civilization’s rescue!