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I agree with both of you that Haraway would support the form of notation that provides the most information. I do not like the idea of notation personally though. Yes, notation allows for the reproduction of music as the composer originally meant it to be. Thinking about it from an artist's perspective makes me think about notation takes the creaitivity out of music though. As Professor Tian was saying, some notation goes to a point that leaves no room for interpretation. That may be the composer's intention, but I feel like music should be different for each person.By removing a singer or musician's ability to change and be unique then the creative backbone that makes music wonderful is also removed. If every note and second of a song is written down and unchanging then what is the point in having a human read/play the piece of music? Professor Tian also talked about this, and it seems disturbing that a once solely creative human action is becoming more and more likely to be replaced with technology. You can already hear technology replacing the human voice on the radio. Almost every singer who is popular today has some kind of computer voice changer in their songs. Whatever happened to singing within your own range? What will become of all of the arts if this strict mode of production continues?