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Victor Rosano 1 month ago
This is the preface of the book I'm writing, "The Last Refuge: Bitcoin Amid The Digital Dystopia" Preface When I first heard about Bitcoin years ago, I never could have imagined finding myself where I am now — writing a book about it. Back then, I didn’t realize the transformative and disruptive power hidden within its code. We live in a world where the media dictates what people should think and offers a convenient, pre-approved perspective on every piece of news. In English, this is called “agenda setting,” and it basically defines what’s considered important and what isn’t. The term was coined by American scholars Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw in the 1970s, after studying U.S. election campaigns. They concluded that the topics most prominently featured in the media were also those voters considered most important — and that “link” was no coincidence. This kind of global manipulation has existed as long as mass media itself, and some governments, with remarkable skill, have perfected it to such an extent that it’s often hard to even detect. Thanks to the knowledge I’ve gained over the years, the environment around me, the place where I live, and many other circumstances, I now have the freedom to write about the repression of the modern financial world — and about the darkness we’re being pushed into, like a herd approaching the cliff, unaware that its final fate has already been written (by others). My goal is to explain, in plain language, why it’s important to understand what Bitcoin is, where it came from, and where it’s heading — and to dismantle the myths that have been carefully planted for many years in the minds of people all over the world. Because we deserve sovereignty. And because the revolution is unstoppable. PS: That's the draft for the spanish cover image