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OUTLINE: 
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(00:00) &#8211; Introduction 
(08:26) &#8211; Origin of Instagram 
(50:33) &#8211; New social networks 
(1:09:38) &#8211; Selling Instagram to Facebook 
(1:32:40) &#8211; Features 
(1:36:47) &#8211; Facebook 
(2:13:28) &#8211; Whistleblower 
(2:24:47) &#8211; Machine learning 
(2:34:45) &#8211; Advice for startups 
(2:40:37) &#8211; Money 
(2:46:37) &#8211; Love 
(2:48:54) &#8211; Meaning of life

#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram

Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power. Lex is an AI researcher at MIT and beyond.