Chaos Monkeys Revised Edition

Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

By: Antonio Garcia Martinez

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

The instant New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback and featuring a new afterword from the author—the insider's guide to the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, the inner workings of the tech world, and who really runs Silicon Valley

“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.”
— Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times

Imagine 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. One of Silicon Valley’s most audacious chaos monkeys is Antonio García Martínez.

After stints on Wall Street and as CEO of his own startup, García Martínez joined Facebook’s nascent advertising team. 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. In Chaos Monkeys, 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.

amazing book

Antonio is a great writer. Very fun and fascinating. Must read for people who live in silicon valley

Brutally Honest

Great insight into the Silicon Valley scene, start-up life and Facebook. Very entertaining and informative. Highly recommended.

The book is awesome however ...

I really like the ability in audible to increase the speed of the narration, however as I learned from this audio book it doesn’t work for all narraters. Wish there were different narraters to select from.

Spot on inside look at the tech industry

His honest view of the American tech industry, using indentured foreign Visa workers... spot on.
How caste influenced people eventually kill American companies.

Chaos Monkeys - Liars Poker for Silicon Valley

Excellent listen/read…entertaining and informative regarding FB, Twitter and Silicon Valley start-ups though a bit over the top on the importance of FB to society.