Hard Fork's 100 Most Iconic Technologies
Hard Fork29 Nov 2024

Hard Fork's 100 Most Iconic Technologies

This week, we’re bringing you a Thanksgiving special that’s great for a long car ride, a day of cooking or avoiding conversation with your family. We’re counting down the 100 most iconic technologies of all time, starting with No. 100: Boats. Our definitive list was carefully crafted using an advanced methodology of vibes-only decision-making. By “iconic,” we mean technologies that have either changed the world, ruined it or at the very least made life a little more interesting. And because we love chaos, we’ll explain why we chose each one in roughly 30 seconds or less.

Additional Reading:

This episode was inspired by the Iconic 400 list compiled by the podcast “Las Culturistas”; check it out.

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