Without intervention, probably the most distinctive and authentic remaining element of the hop industry could disappear from the landscape completely.

The hop kiln, integral to the drying and processing of the hops for market, is one of the few physical features remaining on the landscape to remind New Yorkers of 'when hop was king' ? in the words of James Fenimore Cooper.

Don't expect the typewriter to ever completely disappear.

Steve Jobs and Apple are going to be toast. There's going to be a completely different landscape.

Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.

It's always premature. It was premature that the Titanic went down. But it did indeed disappear.