Instagram has it’s fair share of blame for the trend, but I don’t think they were the progenitor, as it were. Snapchat was far more heavy-handed with face altering filters from the get-go, as I remember it. Instagram was mostly just the “old-school” sepia tone, black-and-white type filters for the most part until that picked up.
Not directly related to what he’s saying, but PeopleMakeGames just released an episode about the current state of war gaming and it’s dual, seemingly conflicting function as fun games for individuals, and as a repopularized tool of actual war for modern governments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYaDXZ2MI-k