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There is no more reason to think that they expected the world to remain static than there is to think that any of us holds a crystal ball. The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses.

The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.

I would think twice about designing stuff for which there was no need and which didn't endure.

I'm just hoping my children will get enough of a foundation to remember what it was like before technology, how good that feels. Because I remember.

So, the point was to be able to have a medium that would record all the connections and all the structures and all the thoughts that paper could not. Since the computer could hold any structure in any form, this was the way to go.

I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.

All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left a long time ago.

Building a solid foundation in the early years of a child's life will not only help him or her reach their reach their full potential but will also result in better societies as a whole.

Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of old? Where else can we find such unity of material, construction and form? here, the wisdom of whole generations is stored.

Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking.