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I'm still fascinated by this story. The reality distortion field is something to be studied and pondered. Sometimes it leads to great outcomes, when it motivate

by csours 5y ago

I'm still fascinated by this story. The reality distortion field is something to be studied and pondered. Sometimes it leads to great outcomes, when it motivates people to grow beyond their comfort zones. Sometimes it's fraud. Is a hopeful statement about the future a lie? --- To be clear about my own beliefs in this matter: Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes committed crimes and tried to bury them and the people who tried to bring those crimes to light. If the fraud was not in the medical field, I would find some room for leeway. If the company did not persecute the whistle-blowers; If the lies weren't so blatant; If there was a feasible technology under development ... --- An analogy - right now, very many people want self driving cars to be a reality. Are any (or how many) of those companies committing fraud? Business failure is not fraud, but fraud can be found at failing businesses.

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3a2d29 5y ago
Funny you mention this because I have a relative who works in the automobile industry who compared Holmes to Musk (Just sharing his point of view, don't shoot the messenger). I will say though misrepresenting products or taking advantage of positive publicity certainly is something Musk and many Silicon Valley personalities do. Holmes is a bad person for endangering lives, but I can see the same huge critics who attack her now become the people that silence negative opinions about her, if only her story was slightly different.
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divbzero 5y ago
> The reality distortion field is something to be studied and pondered. It makes me wonder if there’s an alternate history where Steve Jobs stretched the truth, had no products pan out successfully, and ended up being tried and pilloried as a fraud. But I don’t think that’s fair to Jobs? Ultimately he had enough reality behind his distortion field to stand the test of time.
- sjtindell 5y ago
  Also he was distorting gadgets. Holmes was distorting medical results. One of these is much more criminal.

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3a2d29 5y ago

Funny you mention this because I have a relative who works in the automobile industry who compared Holmes to Musk (Just sharing his point of view, don't shoot the messenger). I will say though misrepresenting products or taking advantage of positive publicity certainly is something Musk and many Silicon Valley personalities do. Holmes is a bad person for endangering lives, but I can see the same huge critics who attack her now become the people that silence negative opinions about her, if only her story was slightly different.

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divbzero 5y ago

> The reality distortion field is something to be studied and pondered. It makes me wonder if there’s an alternate history where Steve Jobs stretched the truth, had no products pan out successfully, and ended up being tried and pilloried as a fraud. But I don’t think that’s fair to Jobs? Ultimately he had enough reality behind his distortion field to stand the test of time.

sjtindell 5y ago
Also he was distorting gadgets. Holmes was distorting medical results. One of these is much more criminal.