Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes

Quasi-Game Related

I’ve been reading about this story for awhile, but I’d never actually heard this chick talk before

Bro, that voice.

Edit – reading more of the article that got me to think about this.

Something that sticks out when we start talking about advanced game.

“The way she trained her big blue eyes on you without blinking made you feel like you were the center of the world. It was almost hypnotic.”

Lisa got game?

Here’s a little more from the same source.

Holmes was also vengeful. After firing her first chief financial officer, Henry Mosley, for questioning the accuracy of information she was presenting to potential investors, Holmes found out via the IT department that he had once used his work computer to browse pornography.

She said that discovery was the reason for Mosley’s termination, even though it took place after he was let go. Holmes used the claim to deny Mosley his stock options.

Once?  I mean….

Hmm, this next part sounds like someone I know

“Focus on anyone in the room that seemed to have her back, and could often convince them that the skeptics were the problem.”

Another tidbit…

Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani…. Balwani became president and chief operating officer of Theranos, a position from which he made impossible demands and fired anyone who pushed back on them. Portrayed by Carreyrou as a garrulous bullshitter who had none of Holmes’ knack for attracting acolytes, Sunny was disliked within the company and distrusted by investors. Also, he and Holmes were a couple.

*sly smile*

It gets better

In her freshman year at Stanford, Holmes showed up at her boyfriend’s dorm to break things off. It wasn’t personal, she told him: She was starting a business, and needed to put all of her attention on that

I bring this up for the game tidbits – but a lot of the “luminaries” in our society

  • Trump
  • Obama
  • George W. Bush
  • Clinton
  • Steve Jobs
  • Amy Winehouse

All have these “hypnotic” ways of interacting with people.  They have a little bit of merit, build a little bit of an audience, and then make each of their people into disciples by speaking to them in such a way that’s inspiring.

That’s the goal.

– Archie

6 thoughts on “Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes”

  1. That interview was scary and I barely remember a word she said. I don’t think any part of her face moved during the interview with the exception of her lips. Her cheeks and forehead were frozen. Her eyes look crazy. Her voice is manly. Based on that, everyone should have been suspicious of her.

    1. Archie,

      I’ve been reading some things on her and someone speculated that she was an Aspergers. It makes sense considering the Tech connection. No one thinks about Aspergers when diagnosing women. I can see some of it in her. She reminds me of the Asperger PUA guys who are so intense. Her intensity, stare, and coldness are evidence of the Aspergers hypothesis. That is why you can see some parallels of game in the article.

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