Dan Brown: The human species has never created a technology that it hasn't weaponized'

"Dan Brown's house in Exeter, New Hampshire, doesn't resemble something out of a movie; it resembles something out of a Dan Brown novel. Bronze deer flank the door to a sprawling English garden, and bookcases conceal passageways. There are also copies of Leonardo da Vinci paintings, such as The Virgin of the Rocks, the original of which hangs in London's National Gallery. Cheerful and fit he windsurfs the 61-year-old Brown has lived his entire life inside a radius of just 11.5 square miles."

"Is knowledge dangerous? Without kindness, it's dangerous. The human species has never created a technology that it hasn't weaponized. The more technology we have, the more dangerous the world is. I also believe there's more love than hate. You have to go to great lengths to find evil. It monopolizes newspaper headlines It's true. Evil combined with power is fearsome."

Dan Brown lives in Exeter, New Hampshire, in a house that blends English-garden aesthetics, bronze deer, secret bookcase passageways, and reproductions of Leonardo da Vinci paintings. He has remained within an 11.5-square-mile radius for his entire life and attended the local private school where his father taught. He built the home with his first wife, an art historian who aided his work. Following a high-profile divorce, he shifted emphasis from religion toward scientific perspectives. He warns that knowledge without kindness can be dangerous, observes that technology often becomes weaponized, and notes science is beginning to address spiritual questions.

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