In Inferno, Brown goes much further than just defining the problem – he actually has his antagonist execute a specific solution. This points out again how far we still have to go to achieve a broader public-awareness and understanding of this critical issue.Īnd though this lack of public understanding is an important point – it is not the purpose of this article. What has happened here is that the concept of “the overpopulation problem” has, through the wide distribution of Dan Brown’s book, suddenly reached a much more general audience – an audience well beyond the scientists and activists who have studied, and who understand the problem. And interestingly, the mainstream reviews ( New York Times, etc.) never even mention Brown’s arguments on overpopulation – they simply ignore the issue altogether. I’d estimate that around 90% of the reviews and comments (the ones that discuss overpopulation) are aggressively hostile towards the simple claim that this planet is overpopulated. And once again I am reminded how emotionally charged this issue has become. Dan Brown needs to be applauded for articulating this issue so clearly – though it seems that the general public is sitting on their hands instead.Ĭurious about the general public’s reaction, I’ve now read hundreds of reviews, blog posts, comments, and other analysis pieces that react to Dan Brown’s overpopulation positions as expressed in the book. – and he implies that the likely endpoint of continued overpopulation will be a collapse of our civilization.Of course, the dangerous consequences of overpopulation have been accepted and understood by many who have diligently studied the issue, but it seldom happens that such a prominent public figure has the courage to acknowledge it. It is regarded as anti-capitalist and undemocratic for most conservatives, and morally abhorrent to the religious community.īut in Inferno, Brown uses his antagonist, Bertrand Zobrist, to unapologetically make the case for overpopulation being the driving force behind all of the worlds major challenges – climate change, peak resources, etc. It is considered to be politically incorrect for liberals and environmentalists.
INFERNO DAN BROWN SERIES
Dan Brown’s latest novel, Inferno, was the top selling book of 2013, and it will soon be a major motion picture starring, once again, Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, the Harvard “Symbologist” and hero of several other of Brown’s blockbuster novels (the four-book “Langdon” series has now sold in the neighborhood of 200 million copies).In Inferno, Brown has taken on a very controversial issue – overpopulation – in a way not often seen by mainstream authors, or mainstream people in general.Īs many of you know, the taboo topic of overpopulation is seldom discussed these days.
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