Do You Have an Axto Grind?

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"I'm curious if you have an axe to grind? Do you have an axto grind?" she asks. "There are aspects of peter's world view that i find deeply disturbing," the author adds. She says people should think critically about their heroes, and look at villains with empathy.

First, Jason covers Coinbase's announcement of their new NFT platform (2:06). Then, Bloomberg's Max Chafkin joins to discuss his book, "The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power" (19:57). It's a wide-ranging discussion about Peter's life, business, and politics as well as a debate over the way Max framed him in the book.