"They asked me: why the subtitle 'trapped between truth and freedom' for my novel 'Robots with a Soul'? It's because, despite being set in the future, the characters—both humans and artificial beings—cannot escape the same dichotomy that affects us today and has marked all of our history: the struggle between truth and disinformation and between freedom and authoritarianism.
In 'Robots with a Soul,' the
war of the future is not fought on traditional battlefields or with
conventional weapons. Instead, it unfolds silently, using a MIND arsenal
('Mental Intrusion and Neuro Decay'), which consists of cognitive and
neurological manipulation weapons that directly attack thoughts, feelings, and
will. In this 'War of Consciences,' both humans and artificial beings strive to
impose their own truth and suppress the adversary's free will through deception
and coercion.
The novel does not seek to
lecture on truth and freedom—two spiritual values that God used to create
everything from nothing—but rather illustrates how wisdom lies in understanding
the duality of these two principles and in seeking positive alternatives.
However, as the line between perception and manipulation blurs and the battle
for mind control intensifies, a disturbing question arises: could it be that
every war, in the end, is reduced to a relentless struggle of propaganda and
counterpropaganda for the dominion of truth and freedom?"
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