20 Jul 2013 10:42:14
Hi I have just finished reading Inferno by Dan Brown and would like to hear the thoughts of anybody else who has read it, The plot is about population control, it had lots of facts about our growth over the years like did u know that it took from start of time until the start 20th century for our population to reach 1 billion and in 113 years later despite 2 world wars our population is pushing 9 billion that's that's a growth of 7 1/2-8 billion in 113 year period, that book has a great twist at the end and would like to hear ppls opinions on the conclusion of the book and if they believe it will be a the best way of population control?
Didn't enjoy the book in terms of entertainment, but as you said it raised some interesting points.
I found some of the facts interesting, and enjoyed the bit about geometric progression, but his numbers for current population and projected global population aren't consistent with official UN figures (not saying they're correct either, just that they don't match).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jun/13/nigeria-larger-population-us-2050
The ending did, as you say have a bit of a twist. But I don't think it's too realistic. War would be a far more realistic occurrence to drastically reduce global population. Just my opinion though!
I found some of the facts interesting, and enjoyed the bit about geometric progression, but his numbers for current population and projected global population aren't consistent with official UN figures (not saying they're correct either, just that they don't match).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jun/13/nigeria-larger-population-us-2050
The ending did, as you say have a bit of a twist. But I don't think it's too realistic. War would be a far more realistic occurrence to drastically reduce global population. Just my opinion though!
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