Is she a sociopath? "I'll leave it to the psychologists to decide whether Holmes fits the clinical profile," he writes, "but there's no question that her moral compass was badly askew." Former employees raise this question with frequency. One pointed to a formative experience: Holmes's father, Christian, was an executive at Enron, and the family's finances were affected by its collapse.
Was waiting for someone to comment on this.
Since that article criminally gave us no pictures of Balto, I decided to pull up random husky pup pics.
"He's a wolf"
"Smol wolfy boi here"
"Awoooooooooo"
Thank you for this service.Since that article criminally gave us no pictures of Balto, I decided to pull up random husky pup pics.
"He's a wolf"
"Smol wolfy boi here"
"Awoooooooooo"
Judging from her now-removed TED Talk, I'd say, no, she did not have S-tier charisma - she didn't even have D-tier charisma.Man, she must have had S tier charisma to pull off what she did.
I read Bad Blood. Does the podcast offer any additional insight?If you have any interest in theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, you should start listening to "The Dropout" podcast. She is batshit crazy
I'd say it's more like an epilogue, in that you hear some specific stories and what some people actually sound like. Worth it for that reason.I read Bad Blood. Does the podcast offer any additional insight?
It's more staggering that people with no scientific principles decided to throw their money at her.It's staggering that she believed she could do the things she wanted with such lax scientific principles.
Ya, and they took so much things "on credit" in terms of just being willing to go with it as long as they got a share and a promise. Maybe thats another intrinsic thing with business.It's more staggering that people with no scientific principles decided to throw their money at her.
Theranos is a good lesson in how fucking dumb investors really are.
If you have any interest in theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, you should start listening to "The Dropout" podcast. She is batshit crazy
Thing is if you read up her story, she convinced tons of people to invest millions. Charisma doesn't necessarily mean you're some gregarious stand up comic. It's about influence and if you read about what her former teachers said about her, it rather scary. She was highly persuasive. Definitely sociopathic tendencies there.Judging from her now-removed TED Talk, I'd say, no, she did not have S-tier charisma - she didn't even have D-tier charisma.
How was she able to pull if off?
She is White.
(And she's probably a psychopath too...)
Right. She was definitely charismatic in that she was able to bullshit her way through almost anything and convince a bunch of smart people to trust what she was saying. When her machine would break down and not work while in the middle of a presentation with investors, her staff would panic, but she wouldn't miss a beat in explaining it away and managing to salvage the presentation of a broken device. It takes a certain amount of charisma and knowing how to work a room to pull that off, along with the cold sense of detachment from a pathological liar.Thing is if you read up her story, she convinced tons of people to invest millions. Charisma doesn't necessarily mean you're some gregarious stand up comic. It's about influence and if you read about what her former teachers said about her, it rather scary. She was highly persuasive. Definitely sociopathic tendencies there.
"Over the course of the next 2 hours, Elizabeth convinced them to change their minds. She told them that she recognized there were issues with her management and promised to change. She would be more transparent and responsive going forward. It wouldn't happen again.
"...Elizabeth used right mix of contrition and charm to gradually win back his three board colleagues. It was an impressive performance, he thought. A much older and experienced CEO skilled in the art of corporate infighting would have been hard pressed to turn the situation around like she had. He was reminded of an old saying: When you strike at the King, you must kill him. Todd and Michael had struck at the King, or rather the Queen, but she'd survived."
She's facing a trial for wire fraud. They may get her there.It has always amazed me that she has somehow avoided prison thus far.
According to the article, yes and being led by Adam McKay.
Everything about Theranos is Venture Capital investment, fake tech nonsense, and our bloated fake ass economy all rolled into one perfectly distilled image of madness. Literally everything involved was lies designed to make already wealthy people even more wealthy until someone caught on to the scam and they all collectively move to the next one.Everytime I think I've read every rinkydink, loony load of bullshit this scam artist did I'm convinced I've read it all. Dog must have been allergic to lies.
i'm watching The Inventor. This stuff must have been filmed before Theranos tanked, right? I mean her stuff.
Her voice is offputting. It's way too flat and deep compared to what you'd expect from looking at her. Like Sarah Huckabee Sanders voice but not on a mean looking person. Her eyes also freak me out.
i'm watching The Inventor. This stuff must have been filmed before Theranos tanked, right? I mean her stuff.
Her voice is offputting. It's way too flat and deep compared to what you'd expect from looking at her. Like Sarah Huckabee Sanders voice but not on a mean looking person. Her eyes also freak me out.
There's plenty of youtube clips where she does slip up and talks normally for a second or two.Her voice is offputting. It's way too flat and deep compared to what you'd expect from looking at her.
Several people have insisted her voice was manufactured and not real and heard her real voice when she would occasionally slip up.
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a26855364/elizabeth-holmes-deep-voice/
The theory is that she believed it made her seem more credible and imposing. Since Silicon Valley is male dominated, the idea is that she wanted to sound more male to be taken seriously.
It makes sense in a way but I think her voice sounded incredibly fake.
I guess, but it doesn't sound male. it just sounds like she has a vocal chord problem.