#251 - Corporate Cowardice

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Antonio Garc&iacute;a-Mart&iacute;nez about his recent firing at Apple. They discuss his experience in tech, his book &ldquo;Chaos Monkeys,&rdquo; the controversy at Apple, cancel culture, and other topics.</span></p> <p><strong>Antonio Garc&iacute;a Mart&iacute;nez</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a former early Facebooker, advisor at Twitter, and (very briefly) an employee at Apple before being the object of a petition for his dismissal. His memoir </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3bRRgrI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was on </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span></em> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span></em> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestseller lists, as well as NPR&rsquo;s Best Books of 2016, and still somehow manages to be a subject of debate five years later.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Website: </span><a href="https://www.thepullrequest.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.thepullrequest.com/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/antoniogm?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@antoniogm</span></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That&rsquo;s why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life&rsquo;s most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explor