Elizabeth Holmes did not happen in a vacuum of course. She is a by-product of a culture that idolizes youth, raw enthusiasm, and passion over experience and pragmatism.
Socially shaming and silencing her critics by branding them as old-fashioned, sexist and unsupportive of female CEOs in tech by the media did not help the situation either.
Socially shaming and silencing her critics by branding them as old-fashioned, sexist and unsupportive of female CEOs in tech by the media did not help the situation either.