What Max Chafkin has said about Technological stagnation

1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 23, 2026

Max Chafkin, Bloomberg Businessweek columnist and author of The Contrarian, a biography of Peter Thiel, has been quoted on Technological stagnation once in 1 episode of The Builders, most recently on October 23, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Chafkin argued Thiel's critique of government is thin and shaped by the privileges of wealth, such as private jet travel.

    “one of the feelings I've had in kind of, like, consuming every piece of Teal writing and content is that his critique of of government has always felt a little bit thin to me”

    The Builders: After The Builders: On Musk and Thiel (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 42:42

Episodes

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