Holmes was the one who rode the wave better than anyone else. When the TED talk era came to an end and people finally came to their senses, she was still running the same playbook and in the most scrutinized field there is medical technology. When people ask how she got so far, it is largely explained by the period she did it in and she got caught when the world suddenly woke up.
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