The book 'Media Unlimited' by Todd Gitlin describes how the average length of time needed today to comprehend new information is approx. seven seconds. This is the reason why sound bites heard on TV and radio fit into this time frame. It would be an interesting task to create sound works that also fit within this time frame...

Mugen's track: I.S.T.M.7 is available at:
http://www.microsound.org/7econds/