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Chapter 1."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This book gives us a dystopian view of the 21st Century from an early 20th Century viewpoint.\u00a0 Published in 1931, Huxley&#8217;s book tells us that being worried about the future in a world where technology has gone mad is nothing new.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s at least try to be a bit more optimistic about the future &#8211; it may never happen!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read for you by Maurice Newman<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2367\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/brave1first.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2367','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/brave1first.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/brave1first.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=59553-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/brave1first.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"brave1first.mp3\">Download<\/a> ()<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This book gives us a dystopian view of the 21st Century from an early 20th Century viewpoint.\u00a0 Published in 1931, Huxley&#8217;s book tells us that being worried about the future in a world where technology has gone mad is nothing new.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s at least try to be a bit more optimistic about the future &#8211; 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