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The False Narrative Around Theranos

5 pointsby jbyersover 3 years ago

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NoPieover 3 years ago
I find this confirming that all tech companies lie and push the narrative. Their explanation is that Theranos did it more than others which I think is true. But there was not a qualitative difference, just difference in scale, like in an example of speeding. The point that companies usually don&#x27;t lie is not true – even Tesla lies about their autopilot capabilities and have failed to achieve the promised goals. The difference is of course that Tesla has a good product but Theranos never had it.<p>Also the attempt to say that Theranos was not a tech company is baffling. What else would you call creating advanced medical diagnostic devices? It was a specific but a tech nevertheless.