How to Take Over the World by Ryan North. So, if you wrote a book that was just a series of silly plans for world domination
a la comic book supervillains or James-Bondian evil masterminds, it might be just a little over the top. And if you wrote a book that was just a series of factoids and summaries of the latest engineering and technological advances in the fields of transportation, housing, agriculture, energy, and so on, with a little historical perspective, it might be a bit dry. Ah, but if you pretend to be writing a manual for taking over the world but are in reality educating the reader about specific scientific principles and possibilities - well, I guess you get a NYT bestseller. This book was a lot of fun and as informative as any PBS documentary, and I was enjoying immensity until I had to return it to the library unfinished because someone else had it on hold. Curses, foiled again!
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