Roads, Bridge and Sky August 1, 1998, From the "Pathways"series. The absence of highrise towers still affords a view of the lay of the land, nevertheless, this is a transfigured landscape. Where are we going from here? A current theory of the cosmos suggests that, while the rate of expansion of the universe is slowing down, it may never stop, thus preventing a contraction. Can humanity then, go on forever?