Jay RosenMay 8, 2023

For me this was the key moment for Amy Chozick as author of "Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth."

Chozick writes:

"She thinks if she’d spent more time quietly working on her inventions and less time on a stage promoting the company, she would have revolutionized health care by now."

That Holmes still believes she could transform health care tells us she is nowhere in her recognition of reality, which in turn means the con goes on. And that— 1/2
#journalism #science #nytimes

Show threadJay RosenMay 8, 2023

... should have been the central theme of the story, not the two people she is said to be. As Chozick writes, "she truly believes that she could have — and, in fact, she still could — change the world."

There's no two people. Just the one Holmes who has yet to meet the reality of what she did— and who she is.

Here's a gift link for the New York Times story. Should be no paywall. Hopefully it will work. 2/2
https://t.co/9a0NyIbXqZ

Elizabeth Holmes Opens Up About Her Theranos Trial and What Comes Next

The black turtlenecks are gone. So is the voice. As the convicted Theranos founder awaits prison, she has adopted a new persona: devoted mother.

The New York Times
Show threadJarvis Slacks
@jayrosen_nyu I've never met a con-artist that ever stopped being a con-artist.
May 8, 2023 at 3:48amIvory for iOS
Show threadYetAnotherGeekGuy May 8, 2023
@jayrosen_nyu @Jayslacks
I’m given to understand that the death penalty is 100% effective against recidivism.
Show threadmybarkingdogsMay 8, 2023

@Jayslacks @jayrosen_nyu Yeah pretty much the only con artists that "stop" are one of two groups:

a) people doing it for survival, who usually don't want to do it and pick something less harmful to other people when it becomes available

and

b) people who "switch sides" and rat out other scammers/get paid to tell people how they operate

Holmes doesn't seem to be either and giving her a "rehab tour" is a REALLY bad idea IMO