{"product_id":"chaos-monkeys-obscene-fortune-and-random-failure-in-silicon-valley-isbn-9780062458193","title":"Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINSTANT \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn NPR Best Book of the Year\u003cem\u003e • \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eBusiness Insider\u003c\/em\u003e Top 20 Business Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e • \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn\u003cem\u003e Inc.\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Incisive.... The most fun business book I have read this year.... Clearly there will be people who hate this book — which is probably one of the things that makes it such a great read.”\u003cbr\u003e— Andrew Ross Sorkin, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eye-popping.”\u003cbr\u003e— \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiar’s Poker\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe Social Network\u003c\/em\u003e in an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble, from industry provocateur Antonio García Martínez, a former Twitter advisor, Facebook product manager and startup founder\/CEO.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe reality is, Silicon Valley capitalism is very simple:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInvestors are people with more money than time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmployees are people with more time than money.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEntrepreneurs are the seductive go-between.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarketing is like sex: only losers pay for it. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine a chimpanzee rampaging through a datacenter powering everything from Google to Facebook. Infrastructure engineers use a software version of this “chaos monkey” to test online services’ robustness—their ability to survive random failure and correct mistakes before they actually occur. Tech entrepreneurs are society’s chaos monkeys, disruptors testing and transforming every aspect of our lives, from transportation (Uber) and lodging (AirBnB) to television (Netflix) and dating (Tinder). One of Silicon Valley’s most audacious chaos monkeys is Antonio García Martínez.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter stints on Wall Street and as CEO of his own startup, García Martínez joined Facebook’s nascent advertising team, turning its users’ data into profit for COO Sheryl Sandberg and chairman and CEO Mark “Zuck” Zuckerberg. Forced out in the wake of an internal product war over the future of the company’s monetization strategy, García Martínez eventually landed at rival Twitter. He also fathered two children with a woman he barely knew, committed lewd acts and brewed illegal beer on the Facebook campus (accidentally flooding Zuckerberg's desk), lived on a sailboat, raced sport cars on the 101, and enthusiastically pursued the life of an overpaid Silicon Valley wastrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, this gleeful contrarian unravels the chaotic evolution of social media and online marketing and reveals how it is invading our lives and shaping our future. Weighing in on everything from startups and credit derivatives to Big Brother and data tracking, social media monetization and digital “privacy,” García Martínez shares his scathing observations and outrageous antics, taking us on a humorous, subversive tour of the fascinatingly insular tech industry. \u003cem\u003eChaos Monkeys\u003c\/em\u003e lays bare the hijinks, trade secrets, and power plays of the visionaries, grunts, sociopaths, opportunists, accidental tourists, and money cowboys who are revolutionizing our world. The question is, will we survive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eImagine a chimpanzee rampaging through a data center powering everything from Google to Facebook. Infrastructure engineers use a software version of this “chaos monkey” to test online services’ robustness—their ability to survive random failure and correct mistakes before they actually occur. Tech entrepreneurs are society’s chaos monkeys, disruptors testing and transforming every aspect of our lives, from transportation (Uber) and lodging (Airbnb) to television (Netflix) and dating (Tinder). One of Silicon Valley’s most provocative chaos monkeys is Antonio García Martínez.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter stints on Wall Street and as CEO of his own startup, García Martínez joined Facebook’s nascent advertising team, turning its users’ data into profit for COO Sheryl Sandberg and Chairman and CEO Mark “Zuck” Zuckerberg. Forced out in the wake of an internal product war over the future of the company’s monetization strategy, García Martínez eventually landed at rival Twitter. He also fathered two children with a woman he barely knew, brewed illegal beer on the Facebook campus (accidentally\u003cbr\u003eflooding Zuckerberg’s desk), lived on a sailboat, raced sports cars on the 101, and enthusiastically pursued the life of an overpaid Silicon Valley cad.\u003c\/p\u003eNow this gleeful contrarian unravels the chaotic evolution of social media and online marketing and reveals how it is invading our lives and shaping our future. Weighing in on everything from startups and credit derivatives to Big Brother and data tracking, social media monetization, and digital “privacy,” García Martínez shares his scathing observations and outrageous antics, taking us on a humorous, subversive tour of the fascinatingly insular tech industry.\u003cem\u003e Chaos Monkeys \u003c\/em\u003elays bare the hijinks, trade secrets, and power plays of the visionaries, grunts, sociopaths, opportunists, accidental tourists, and money cowboys who are revolutionizing our world. 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His tell-all memoir is the best writing out there on one of the world’s most powerful companies. And he even manages to make the ins and outs of online advertising fascinating.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAarti Shahanti, npr.org\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This year’s best non-business book about business.... Garcia Martinez is a real writer.... A classic tale, well told.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechcrunch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brilliant.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reckless and rollicking... perceptive and funny and brave.... The resulting view of the Valley’s craziness, self-importance and greed isn’t pretty. 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