music not only a mirror but an unconscious crystal ball

this is my favorite Ideas episode. Fascinating approach to history. With this in mind what does today's music forecast? See link for a listen:

It's often been said that WW1 created who we are today: geopolitically and culturally. Robert Harris explains how music -- classical and popular -- both prefigured and reflected the war in the years leading up to the unprecedented destruction and after.
​http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/wind-of-another-planet-music-and-the-great-war-1.2687102