The moral of Elizabeth Holmes’s story: Focus on facts, not facades
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Aly McDevitt2022-03-17T16:53:00
The depiction of Elizabeth Holmes in the Hulu miniseries “The Dropout” bears out the tendency to filter judgment of the Theranos founder through the lens of her gender—but it’s her actions that should matter.
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