"No other composer would have ventured as all-encompassing a survey of culture and society... Mind Models is a kind of classic." -- Charles Curtis, Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego

• Contents Introduction Preface Acknowledgments PART I Rates of Change Permanence Acceleration and Pace Diversity Capability Acceptance of Context New Models PART II The States of Art Commerce and Excellence Subgroups in Society The General Event PART III The Public and Private Realms Alternate Forms of Art Alternate Approaches to Art PART IV Sound Natural Sound and Its Limits Synthesis The Last Dimension: Space PART V Time Short Intervals, Duration, and Temporal Perspective Experimental Approaches to Measurement Some Pitfalls Altered Time Frames PART VI Notation The Creative Continuum The Function of Notation Good Notational Practice PART VII Morphology in Music Computers: The Necessity of Foresight The Implications of Abundance Changing Views of Experience Index