This episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is brought to by Simon and Schuster,

publishers of No Filter, the Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Friar,

a behind-the-scenes investigation of how Instagram became one of the most popular and influential social media platforms.

No Filter is available now wherever books are sold. Wired.com presents The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. And here is your host, David Barr

Kirtley.

Hello and welcome to episode 411 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is Stephen Kotler.

He's the author of the novel The Angle Quickest for Flight,

as well as several non-fiction books,

including Tomorrowland,

our journey from science fiction to science fact, and a small furry prayer,

dog rescue, and the meaning of life.

He's also written three books about the future, bold, abundance, and the future is faster

than you think, with Peter D.

Mandis, founder of the X Prize Foundation.

Stephen is also an award-winning journalist, a leading expert on human performance,

and co-founder of the Flow Genome Project.

And we'll be speaking with him today about his new science fiction novel Last Tango and

Cyberspace.

And today's show is brought to you by No Filter, the Inside Story of Instagram by Bloomberg news reporter Sarah Friar.

And here's a description of the book.

It says, in 2010, Kevin Sistram and Mike Krieger released a photo sharing app called

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