But within a couple of generations, a string of innovations pushed the original ice trade into obsolescence.

但在之后，一系列创新将最初冰贸易推向了没落。

" if you can tolerate single-day battery life, half-baked apps and inevitable obsolescence, you can now wear the future on your wrist."

“果你能容忍只有一天待机时间，不成熟应用和不可避免淘汰，那你现在就可以将未来戴在手腕上。”

He states that America is in danger of sliding into “systemic obsolescence”, caused by political stalemate at home and misguided engagement abroad in “lonely and draining campaigns” against sometimes “self-generated” enemies, such as Iraq.

他声称，美国因国内政治僵持，与对外受误导向间或“无中生有”敌（伊拉克）展开“孤立无援，劳民伤财军事行动”，继而有滑向“体系滞后”危险。