Current-thing lineage, 1995-2030
Codesota.
Each row is one wave. Bar = years when it was hot. Tick = peak marker. H = heat, U = lasting utility.
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Wave
Hot period and peak marker
Score
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
2030
01
Dot-com / commercial internet
1995-2002
Platform
H5 U5
02
Web 2.0 / social platforms
2004-2012
Platform
H4 U5
03
Smartphones / mobile apps
2007-2015
Platform
H5 U5
04
Cloud / SaaS / hyperscalers
2006-2020
Platform
H4 U5
05
Wearables / Google Glass
2013-2015
Evolved
H4 U3
06
Big data / deep learning
2012-2019
Evolved
H4 U4
07
Internet of Things
2014-2018
Evolved
H4 U4
08
Self-driving cars
2015-2018
Evolved
H5 U3
09
Chatbots 1.0
2016-2017
Fizzled
H4 U2
10
Augmented reality
2016-2018
Evolved
H4 U3
11
Blockchain / ICOs
2016-2018
Evolved
H5 U3
12
Voice assistants / smart speakers
2017-2019
Evolved
H4 U3
13
5G
2018-2021
Evolved
H4 U3
14
SPACs / venture liquidity
2020-2021
Fizzled
H5 U1
15
Creator economy
2020-2022
Evolved
H4 U3
16
NFTs
2021-2022
Fizzled
H5 U2
17
Metaverse
2021-2024
Fizzled
H5 U2
18
Generative AI
2022-2026
Platform
H5 U5
19
AI agents
2024-2026
Evolved
H5 U4
20
Robotics / physical AI
2025-2030
Frontier
H4 U4
21
Quantum
2025+
Frontier
H3 U2
Outcome colors: black = platform, orange = evolved, pale = fizzled, blue = frontier.