Description
It is no coincidence that the word privacy was popularized in the 1890s as the West began its flirtation with centralization and top-down planning. The progressive pursuit of heaven on earth—of Utopia—arose from a desire to help the individual. But the individual would have to expose himself, to give up everything, in order to receive it.
Listen to a sample reading here. I have also discussed the book on many prominent podcasts – see for example “The Dark Side of H.G. Wells”