In Apollo 13, the crew's motto became: “We are improvising a new mission.” In the film Cast Away, survival depended entirely on improvisation—until the protagonist gradually developed routines and skills through repetition: hunting, fishing, making fire. “We have to improvise”—a phrase we often hear when something doesn’t go as planned, when a part is missing, when systems fail. It’s a word that surfaces often, especially in times of crisis. Now, even though most of us have an intuitive sense of what improvisation is, but: What exactly is it, what is improvisation? It’s not an easy question to answer. But one thing is certain: time plays a crucial role.
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Thirteen Lives, 2022, Film by Ron Howard
Tham Luang cave rescue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue
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