I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.
The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a rebellious child.
It is easy to write unthinking music.
Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today.
As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other.
Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred.