We have a long tradition of providing summarized encapsulations of topics that span a large swath of time. Here is an abbreviated chronicle of those bygone days:
In which people confuse Skynet for aliens:
https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-people-thinking-googles-loon-balloon-1661296616
In which a lot of things look an awful lot like dicks:
https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-space-travel-as-told-by-the-art-that-1667376220
In which cork is screwed:
https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-the-wine-corkscrew-1651734293
In which there is a poop with eyeballs:
https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-the-poop-emoji-1661314537
In which…well I can’t really remember and also I have a splitting headache:
https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-beer-1564669963
In which the room is literally spinning:
https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-buildings-that-spin-1625633621
In which a man actually speaks into a phone:
https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-moviefone-from-mr-moviefone-himsel-1532305120
In which we examine many balls:
https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-every-official-world-cup-ball-since-1591285816
In which I still haven’t found what I’m looking for:
https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-scientists-hunting-for-time-traveler-1641272404
In which we leave out the “e”:
https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-pi-1610160819
In which hidden jokes save programmers from a death of the soul:
https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-easter-eggs-in-tech-5900026
