An exciting journey through the most creative and catastrophic f*ck ups in human history, or Everything We've Ever Really Messed Up – from our first ancestor who fell from a tree to the most remarkable failures of the present day. Over the seven thousand years that modern humans have walked this earth, we have come a long way. Art, science, culture, technology – on the evolutionary food chain, we are true winners. But let's be honest, it hasn't exactly been a walk in the park, and sometimes we've really messed things up badly. From our ancestor who fell from a branch, through the Austrian army that attacked itself one drunken night, to a leading world superpower that elected a TV show host as president… it is quite appropriate for us as a species to say that we certainly haven't become wiser with age. So the next time you think you've really messed something up, this book will remind you that it could have been much worse. A fun stroll through the most creative and catastrophic blunders in human history.
