Everything New is Old Again: Historical Augmented Revolution

- interweave : entrelacer
- intertwine : entremêler, entrelacé (transitif ou intransitif)
- to enmesh : to involve, entangle, catch in or as if in a mesh
- enmeshing : maillage
- to birth oneself : se créer
- to coalesce : s'unir
- span : période, laps de temps
- upheaval : bouleversement
- commonalities : points communs
- fraught : stressant, tendu / fraught with (problems, difficulties) : chargé de, plein de > Operations employing this technique were fraught with dangers.
- rift : désaccord, dissension
- arguably : sans doute
- artifact : artefact, ici : outil, structure ou produit de conception humaine
- ebb and flow : flux et reflux
- to be at fever pitch : être frénétique
- laden with : chargé de
- critical juncture : tournant, moment critique
- upheaval : bouleversement

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