The 100 Most Iconic Tech Inventions of All Time  (according to the Hard Fork Podcast)

100. Boats
99. Calculators
98. NFTs
97. Oregon Trail
96. Spinning Jenny
95. Radio
94. Vine
93. KitchenAid Stand Mixer
92. Bar Codes
91. Drones
90. Nintendo DS
89. Zoom
88. Sundial
87. Haber Bosch Process
86. Linux
85. Podcasts
84. Fracking
83. Fonts
82. Patreon
81. Concrete
80. Juul
79. Anesthesia
78. Netflix
77. Screws
76. Seat Belts
75. Disposable Diapers
74. Amazon Prime
73. Microsoft Excel
72. Roads
71. Databases
70. Insulin
69. OnlyFans
68. Dolby Surround Sound
67. Doom (Video Game)
66. Ibuprofen
65. Compass
64. AOL Instant Messenger
63. GPS
62. Compound Interest
61. Facebook News Feed
60. Dolly the Sheep
59. Tesla
58. Tumblr
57. Lever
56. Bitcoin
55. Motorola Razr
54. Gunpowder
53. Snapchat
52. Condoms
51. eBay
50. Corrective Lenses
49. Slack
48. IVF
47. Shipping Containers
46. TikTok
45. Light Bulb
44. Microscopes
43. Washing Machines
42. Elevators
41. Twitter
40. Refrigerators
39. iMac
38. Napster
37. Currency (Money)
36. Cotton Gin
35. Uber
34. Fulcrum
33. Vaccines
32. MySpace
31. AlphaFold
30. Ozempic
29. Agriculture
28. Walkman
27. Cuneiform
26. Spaceships
25. CRISPR
24. Combustion Engine
23. Aqueducts
22. Grindr
21. Telephone
20. Semiconductors
19. Wheel
18. Waymo
17. Indoor Plumbing
16. Wi-Fi
15. LSD
14. World Wide Web
13. Batteries
12. Birth Control Pill
11. Email
10. Transformer Neural Networks
9. Atomic Bomb
8. YouTube
7. Airplanes
6. Television
5. Penicillin
4. Printing Press
3. iPhone
2. Electricity
1. Fire

Source: Hard Fork Episode, 11/29/2024