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Why Instagram photos are square | Kevin Systrom and Lex Fridman

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Lex Fridman Podcast full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pvpNKUPbIY Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Theragun: https://therabody.com/lex to get 30 day trial - NI: https://www.ni.com/perspectives - GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org/ and use code LEX to get donation matched up to $1k - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium - Fundrise: https://fundrise.com/lex GUEST BIO: Kevin Systrom is the co-founder and former CEO of Instagram. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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networks.', 'duration': 24.184, 'max_score': 803.501, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/FkNmmrZaSBY/pics/FkNmmrZaSBY803501.jpg'}, {'end': 910.981, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 888.114, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 894.596, 'text': 'But if I were going back and giving myself any advice, it would be thinking what are those second order effects that you can create?', 'start': 888.114, 'duration': 6.482}, {'end': 899.517, 'text': 'And it turns out having your friends on the service is an enormous win.', 'start': 895.396, 'duration': 4.121}, {'end': 907.56, 'text': 'So, starting with a very small group of people that produce content that you wanted to see, which we did, we seeded the community very well.', 'start': 899.897, 'duration': 7.663}, {'end': 909.701, 'text': 'I think ended up mattering.', 'start': 907.56, 'duration': 2.141}, {'end': 910.981, 'text': 'And so.', 'start': 909.741, 'duration': 1.24}], 'summary': 'Advising to consider second 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