How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler

by Ryan North

The information and instructions in this book involve materials and activities that may be dangerous. The publisher and author are not responsible for any injuries or damage that may result from the use of such information and instructions. That’s right: you’re about to read a book so badass, it has to include a legal disclaimer at the front. And by the time you finish this book and know its secrets, you’ll be able to apply that exact same badass disclaimer to yourself. “Hi,” you’ll say, holding out your hand whenever you meet someone new, “I’m [Your Name Here]. And just so you know: the person you are about to meet knows materials and activities that may be dangerous.

5: Homo sapiens sapiens, a species that considers itself so smart that it put “smart” in its own name, twice, and in Latin, took more than 40,000 years to figure this chart out.

If we did not already have plants, we would think they are magic. But they are everywhere and evolved before we did, so most of us think they’re pretty boring.