I feel sorry for Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos

Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison:

Elizabeth Holmes Denied Request to Stay Out of Jail As She Appeals Fraud Conviction

A couple of years ago I read Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, a book based on a journalistic investigation that provides an intimate look into Holmes’ fall from grace. The book has no empathy for Holmes. If anything, she’s stereotyped to the extreme and portrayed as a manipulative villain with no remorse.

So it’s not the book that makes me feel sorry for Holmes. There is now a TV series, but I haven’t watched it.

So why do I feel this empathy for Holmes? It’s not an all-out empathy, but I feel sorry that she has to go to prison.

I think I can articulate why I treat her differently from, say, these guys who experienced similar collapses in the empires they were building:

Or this guy: