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Chaos monkeys

by Antonio Garcia Martinez · first published 2016

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30recommended by
73HN commenters
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41% recommend53% neutral5% critical

Why HN recommends it

Candid, entertaining insider memoir of Silicon Valley: a startup founder's AdGrok fundraising and acquisition, then Facebook's internal culture and ad business, with cloak-and-dagger asides on how M&A works.

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"The industry provocateur behind such companies as Twitter and a nascent Facebook presents an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble that traces his hedonist lifestyle against a backdrop of early social media and online marketing, sharing critical insights into how they are shaping today's world."--NoveList.

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