History

I don’t normally read history books. I find history interesting and a worthy study but in general books on it leave me feeling, shall we say, asleep. However this book was reviewed on slashdot a while back and since it was offered as a (legitimate) free download I thought I’d go ahead and get it. It sat on my hardrive a while before I remembered it, but when I did, I read the first 100 pages in a day. 🙂 It’s called How We Got Here. It’s a very involved connect-the-dots style tour of history from pre-industrial europe to now. It’s the story of how we got from cottage industry clothing to Google. So give it a shot, it’s free, it’s interesting, and um, well you might just learn something!