Comment by TeMPOraL

> Architecture is usually built to last forever, but it always has to be torn down, at great expense. Or, the expense is too great, and it remains, an archaic eye-sore.

Just like beehives, beaver dams and ant hills.

> But, I think we all know that text messages are ephemeral

Much less than sound or vision.

To make vision, sound, touch, etc. good as foundations for information exchange, you'd have to give more control to the receiving party. Make the medium skimmable and searchable.