As a result, they become more powerful by a factor of two with every succeeding generation.

结果是，每一代电脑的性能都比前一代强两倍。

I agree with Gurdjieff's evaluation that the Buddha's teaching was already thoroughly distorted by the end of the second succeeding generation.

我赞同葛吉夫的评价，佛陀的教诲到了随后的第二代末尾就已经被彻底扭曲了。