EP 26: Chaos Monkey’s author Antonio García Martínez talks book, Facebook conspiracy theories, and a Web3 debate
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In the 26th episode author of Chaos Monkeys and former Facebook PM Antonio García Martínez joins to discuss his experiences visiting Ukraine during the current crisis, debunking the biggest Facebook conspiracy theories, announces his new Web3 company, and then debates Zach about it! (0:00) - Intro (1:27) – Welcoming Antonio García Martínez (AGM) (4:04) – AGM’s greatest hits (7:45) – Ad tech (10:04) – Why AGM wrote Chaos Monkey (14:50) – His character in Chaos Monkey (17:19) – Bringing your whole self to work (19:14) – Politics in social media (26:17) – Converting to Judaism (30:58) – Visiting Ukraine (35:19) – Current thing theory (43:25) – Chamath example (46:45) – What’s something everyone incorrectly believes is true? (51:16) – Facebook isn’t listening to your phone (56:09) – IG vs Twitter ad targeting (57:56) – AGM announces his Web3 company (1:04:28) – Zach agrees in a Web3 debate (1:06:41) – Fundamental business models in Web3 (1:11:44) – Web3 skepticism (1:15:44) – Acquisitions in Web2 vs Web3 (1:22:53) – Web3 macro analysis (1:25:00) – Farcaster (1:31:54) – Will Zach invest? (1:36:02) – Outro Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir Executive Producer: Josh Machiz Music: Griff Lawson 🎙 Listen to the show Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb... Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Follow on Socials 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/cartoonavatars 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/cartoonavatars 🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@cartoonavatars About the Show A Saturday morning podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett (Partner and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures) covering the tech news with his friends and other people with industry expertise. Executive Producer: Rashad Assir Producer: Leah Clapper Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky Check out Unsupervised Learning, Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA 🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1 Follow on Socials 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow 📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow 🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow About the Show Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member. Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.
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