One Small Step for Man

Huston, we have a problem. That's how astronauts talk when something big comes up and there has not been a script writer involved.

Similarly McKenzie Wark recalls the televised media event constructed upon the fall of the Berlin wall. post

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It was left to Helmut Kohl: “Let us avoid the temptation to assume that a solution to the German question can be arranged in advance with a script and a calendar. History doesn’t follow a schedule.” But Helmut Kohl certainly does. It says in his script “there is no script” and the press conference was scheduled for him to say “there is no schedule.”

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Tim asks, Who sets the grand narrative? Where does it comes from? Is it for and by the people? Is the narrative democratic or has it replaced it? See Post-Democracy

Aside: The Neil Armstrong quote has been discussed and analyzed at length. wikipedia