Chaos Monkeys

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Antonio García Martínez: Chaos Monkeys (2016, HarperCollins)

English language

Published Dec. 9, 2016 by HarperCollins.

OCLC Number:
2853714012

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5 stars (1 review)

Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley is an autobiography written by American tech entrepreneur Antonio García Martínez. The book compares Silicon Valley to the "chaos monkeys" of society. In the book, the author details his career experiences with launching a tech startup, selling it to Twitter, and working at Facebook from its pre-IPO stage.

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Controversial but great

5 stars

Despite the controversial nature of the book and the arguable opinions of the writer, the fact itself that this book was almost subject to cancel culture due to its strong critiques to the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem is a strong enough reason to read it in the first place. It offers a great alternative point of view about how money gets redistributed by VCs. Parts of it are simply hilarious.