We're Killing Ourselves, in which he tries to sketch life in the year 2000.
“我们正在自杀”,在这本书中他简述了2000年的生活。
for fear the agents of other firms should be able to trace the kind of research they are likely to be undertaking.
他们生怕别的公司的情报人员据此摸到他们可能要从事的某项科研项目。