But I think as time went on after the Rose Revolution, I think he wanted to perpetuate this kind of system in which there was really absence of checks and balances, no real opposition included in the political process very much sort of governing by committee of the inner circle, of loyal allies around the president.

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This is important in terms of political outcomes, and also important in the case of England/Britain in what we've come to call the Industrial Revolution, which I will talk about at another time.

这对于政策制定非常重要,它的重要性还体现在,我们所说的在英国发生的工业革命,我们以后会继续讨论

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We differ from lower animals and our brains, which are much more capable of storing and processing information, but we're living in a time of revolution when machines are challenging or competing with our brains.

我们不同于其他低等动物，我们的大脑更能够存储和处理信息，不过身处改革年代,机器开始挑战甚至是,和我们的大脑开始竞争。

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