Opinion: Why was Theranos so believable? Medicine needs to look in the mirror
Why did so many seemingly smart and savvy medical experts get taken in by the Theranos story?
I watched the recent “60 Minutes” report on the rise and fall of Theranos, the test-everything-with-a-fingerstick company that recently flamed out, costing numerous high-profile investors north of $700 million. The report laid out the standard narrative about Theranos, including healthy doses of deception and greed, an absence of various sorts of oversight, and too much Silicon Valley mythology.
To get some perspective on what happened, I looked back at what was said about the company just a few years ago. I re-read a December 2014 article in on Theranos and
