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Written with Dora Black in 1920 this work examines the threat of industrialisation to human freedom and demonstrates how humanity perpetually struggles against the centralising forces of industrialisation and nationalism.
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6h 53m
slow reader
180 WPM
4h 57m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 32m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 74,250 wordsπ
10 days at 30 min/day
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5 h 30 min
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8 h 15 min
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4 h 8 min
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