There is another Kurzweil, though the one who makes seemingly unbelievable, implausible predictions about a human transformation just around the corner.

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Traditional animation methods are labor intensive and time consuming, but Collomosse's technique requires very little human intervention for the transformation to take place.

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There is a certain Nietzschean creative-destructive darkness to this three-act transformation from human to elemental archetype to near-infallible crucible of the collective unconscious.

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Since time immemorial, the development of peoples and intercultural exchanges along ancient trade routes have played a crucial role in the evolution and transformation of human civilization.

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Topical problems of human development and social transformation.

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But the transformation there from the gang ethics that dominate human history to democratic reformist ones can hardly be accounted for by mere insularity.

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But I also deeply believe in those principles that are contained not just in the OAS charter, but in the United Nations charter -- that respect for individuals, respect for rule of law, respect for human rights that I think is part of the reason that we're seeing an incredible transformation here in Colombia.

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Innovation and social transformation depend on our capacity to combine disciplines and create synergies among all sciences, natural, human and social, including local and indigenous knowledge.

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The tundra transformation took place in a pristine stretch between the Brooks Range and the Arctic coast, marked by few human or natural disturbances.

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