Detailed Instructions: You are given a sentence in English. Your job is to translate the English sentence into Japanese.
See one example below:
Problem: And it was primarily because Kiribati realized that this was in their own self-interest to do this.
Solution: 第一にキリバス共和国が彼ら自身の利益になると理解したからです
Explanation: The English sentence is correctly translated into Japanese. Kiribati is correctly translated as キリバス.

Problem: The thing is, though, that we've been building on the mental achievements of those that came before us for so long that it's easy to forget that certain abilities haven't already existed.
Solution:
ただ問題は私たちが先人の成し遂げた精神面での偉業をあまりにも長い間頼りにしてきたのでまだ存在していなかった能力があるということを忘れやすいのです