Jan 14, 2020
Today we are joined by award-winning business and tech broadcaster, and host of the Gender Knot, Nastaran Tavakoli-Far, as we explore the Theranos saga through the lens of Alex Gibney’s The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019).
We discuss how this fraud was able to happen and to
what extent the culture of Silicon
Valley is to blame.
A fantastically made documentary about a dangerous company, it makes us question yet again the cult of charismatic leaders.
“That’s the beauty of America that if you’ve got a big idea you’re not necessarily going to be laughed at. She kept referencing a Thomas Edison quote, that if you fail ten thousand times, that’s so you get it right the ten thousand and first time.” – Nastaran Tavakoli-Far