I've heard better things about How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North (who has some other interesting titles, too).

Also, if this is your jam, the YouTube channel [How to Make Everything](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfIqCzQJXvYj9ssCoHq327g) is fun because the guy is actually trying to speedrun the human tech tree. He has some cheats that make it work, like once he "invents" something, he will allow himself/his team to buy cheaper/higher quality/modern versions of it, but I think that adds to the fun.