As Instagram Turns 16, a Wry Take: The Bomb Brought Peace, Photo Apps Broke the World
CatAstro_Piyush · x · 2026-10-09
Marking Instagram's 16th anniversary (via a16z), a viral quip highlights life's irony: the 'intellectual titans' who built a city-destroying bomb ushered in a great era of peace, while college kids building a fun photo-sharing app pretty much ruined the world.
The post riffs on how unpredictable the consequences of technology turn out to be.
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