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Go on, reach into the Theranos machine. It doesn’t normally jab!
Go on, reach into the Theranos machine. It doesn’t normally jab! Screenshot: The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley / HBO

Disruptors need to move fast, which means getting products out the door before you’ve fully thought through things like whether they “work” or will result in “unintended long-term consequences.” Every corner not cut is a minute wasted, and every minute wasted is a drop of blood that won’t get (sort of) tested!

Trump could consider, for example, building his new social media site using open-source software in violation of its licensing requirements. Maybe TMTG could also be really vague as to what its policies on content moderation will look like beyond some kind of catch-all term like “family-friendly,” or maybe just contract the job out to robots. Just some helpful hints. What’s the worst that could happen, you know?