Expectation

• unfolding events can surprise, delight, frighten, bore
  
  
• anticipating events allows preparation for action or perception
  
  
• preparation can reduce dangers, exploit opportunities
  
  
• useful expectations can arise only if the world is predictable
  
  
• wrong expectations can be worse than no expectations
  
  
• The sole reason why minds retain a sense of their history is as a way of preparing to meet their future.
  
  
• music scholars have long observed that listening to music engages a mental disposition to anticipate