Erika Cheung: Theranos, whistleblowing and speaking truth to power | TED
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- In 2014, Erika Cheung made a discovery that would ultimately help bring down her employer, Theranos, as well as its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, who claimed to have invented technology that would transform medicine. The decision to become a whistleblower proved a hard lesson in figuring out how to do what's right in the face of both personal and professional obstacles. With candor and humility, Cheung shares her journey of speaking truth to power -- and offers a framework to encourage others to come forward and act in the service of all.
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THIS is the woman who should be lauded on all those publications that slapped Holmes on their covers. THIS is the woman whose Glamour should give a Woman of the Year award to.
Lol. Obama made Elizabeth the ambassador of entrepreneurship!
What a circus!
Mot blonde or blue eyed enough
@@blastermaster5039 she was one of many - it was a "collaborative advisory group created by President Barack Obama"
YES! YES!
Amen. I agree.
This woman is 3000X the human being that Elizabeth Holms will EVER be.
What a story.
Its like comparing an intelligent, conscientious and brave human with a stone, cant compare the two.
when I think about where Ms. Chung started; the poverty, the challenges during her journey with staying focused, forcing herself to be persistent in achieving her dream, even more so, following THREE ASSAULTS while a college student, the gaslighting by Theranos executives, anxiety and fear, loss of her job by living up to her exceptional principles, and on and on. Ms. Chung should not only be awarded woman of the year, she'd get my vote if she ran for Congress. I'll gander over a million Americans feel the same way. And what a great speaker! Praises and respect to you, Ms. Chung! I am so proud and in awe of YOU!
That's so funny. You think Elizabeth Holmes is human 😆
@@jgedutis right.....what WAS i thinking.
Thanks for redirecting me.
😃
@@judowrestlerka Whenever I see a picture of her and look into her crazy doll eyes I just think, this is what happens when a grey abducts someone from the mental institution and they make a human alien hybrid baby and name it Elizabeth Holmes. By the way Doctor Jones... I hate snakes 🐍 too 😆
How pissed must Elizabeth be that:
1) her TedTalk has been removed from the TedTalk website and
2) Erica’s Ted Talk has revealed Holmes as the liar she was
TED erased Elizabeth's Talk only because it made them look ridiculous. Stalin did that that sort of "erasing the past", too.
@@knorkeize or like CNN when they removed from their website the Larry King episode in which Tara Reade’s mother called in to ask Larry’s guest a question about her daughter who had been s€xually assaulted by Biden.
Of course, the media denies this question was even about Biden (since the caller was anonymous) but CNN deleted the episode …. because it definitely wasn’t about Biden ….
@@knorkeize Comparing TedTalks to Stalin... Really?
TED should have kept it with a disclaimer and AD revenues from that video separated for charitable giving. The past matters.
@@B_Bodziak I think it’s more of an analogy to what is happening overall with the media - censorship is growing and the media seems to be complicit in it
Rather than questioning the powerful, the media is enabling them
And once you have the media in your pocket, the sky is the limit
This woman is a straight up hero.
Also, the caricature of Holmes on the slide is hilarious.
She should not defame Holmes I think
@@msdadsfsx Holmes is perfectly capable of doing that to herself 😆
@@msdadsfsx it's a caricature. relax.
I cried laughing 🤣🤣🤣
@@msdadsfsx there's always this one person defending crooks
Strengthen whistleblower protections. That's the answer.
BINGO 👍
Or, perhaps, foster a social and economic system that doesn't encourage and reward profiteering off of the suffering and death of others for personal gain? Maybe?
@@themandalor38501 I think you are describing heaven but good thought
Strengthen? How much?
Great men think alike. Fools rarely differ. If only people remembered that.
Just so everyone knows; Elizabeth Holmes is NOT in jail. She is in fact free and got married a year ago. Her trial has been postponed till 2021. She's reportedly driving around and enjoying her freedom.
I was a whistle-blower a long time ago. I raised my concerns in a similar manner. The very large company I was working for destroyed my career and paid off the FBI investigator. Here is what I learned...companies are there to make money...many of them don't care how they go about it...these companies are willing to put ethics and legal concerns aside to get what they want...if anyone says or does anything contrary to this, they will act in accordance with their greed.
Poor Dennis Tucker aka Snowflake. Deletes comments that call out his bullshit and make him cry.
@@svmwasthesheet1971 After talking with many witnesses and being presented with much evidence, the investigation disappeared and the company claimed it cost them lots of money. When I ask the investigator about the evidence and witness testimony, she replied sorry I'm not going to discuss it.
@Dennis I believe you. I hope you were able to restart your career.
@@FreedomofSpeech865 It was rough for a while. I eventually recovered.
I have come to understand this happens MUCH more often than most people are willing to acknowledge. And companies should be held absolutely accountable for cover ups. Because you know they do it.
Erika Cheung deserves her own movie, or at the very least a fantastic portrayal in the upcoming movies.
Watch the dropout, she is in it
@@gimli1776 how is she portrayed?
AmethystEyes she’s great in the show
@@AmethystEyes i really like her portrayal. She seems very genuine and likable.
@@AmethystEyes Her portrayal by Camryn Mi-Young Kim in the show is well done. Basically how she tells it in this talk is how it goes. She's super excited to work at Theranos for her female CEO hero Holmes but when they tell her to remove data points to make Theranos tests appear more accurate she refuses because it's bad science.
But I hate how when I Google her, her description is “whistleblower”, I mean she’s a genius scientist and incredibly successful. But I wonder if other tech companies even hire whistle blowers? It’s not fair but so glad she took the risk
Tyler Shultz said that he got a lot of job offers after he became known as a whistle-blower. So, fortunately, it seems that being a whistle-blower doesn't necessarily ruins your career.
Why wouldn't they??? She had every moral right to out immoral practices. A decent company would be able to judge her character. She's just honest. And she is brilliant. Why wouldn't a company want an honest employee??
@@sketchur idk unfortunately the world can be cruel…at least that’s what I’ve experienced
@@sketchur Because no CEO wants to be exposed when they do something wrong. If they wanted to be exposed, they could do it themselves easily.
A lot of companies are not very bad but yet, operate in a legal gray area. Even big reputable companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook or Apple regularly face lawsuits and are declared guilty on a regular basis.
It's unlikely that such companies want employees that will help them be convicted in a court.
At the end of the day, the goal of a company is to make money, not to make the world a better place. As a result, companies want employees that will make money, not employees that will make the world a better place.
@@brinckau his grandfather was George shultz so that prob helped
She is a HERO, she comes from a struggling family, was bold enough at a young age, to stand up to that fraud Holmes and survive. This is the voice of a survivor, honesty and ethical respect is above everything for this beautiful brilliant young lady
She is not a hero for me, she just did what was right.
@Siraj Haq to better understand that she's no one vs a Silicon Valley celebrity,, use ur brain
Don’t mix up between a FRAUD and a HERO. She is a narcissistic.
She should be awarded Woman of the Year
@@vl5562 you think so?
I like that you decided to quit the very next day.
So much integrity.
With a name so close to Thanos you know something has to be sus
What a load of bs. She waited 7 months before quitting “next day”
@@mtumasz still did
Nah, she got moved into another department some time in-then tried to solve the problems she saw, didn’t imagine the level of dishonesty going on until she had reached a number of dead ends.
She should apply for a position at Tegridy Farms.
she risked everything to be a whistleblower. we owe her so much. Tyler Schulz is great too but he's from a family that has money and connections. Erika didn't have those things. she truly is a hero.
He risked his relationship with his Grandfather. It was cold till Mr. Schultz came around and conceded that Tyler was correct about Miss Holmes.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear. What a courageous woman.
What a smart, eloquent, well-spoken lady! And with a moral compass like that, she is so admirable!
Moral compass like what? this is a Ted talk. Have you already forgotten Elizabeth Holmes Ted talk? You must’ve been really inspired by it.
IMO - The sad thing is that moral compass gets you nowhere in the world. If you are attractive, young, and very smart everyone believes you for some strange reason (probably due to built in genetic bias). Its the story of human kind. What really horrifies me is that men perpetrate equally horrible scams all the time, but if a woman does it everyone is suddenly interested.
@@butterflygirl2285 You are right. Well, It is not a fair world, unfortunately.
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath If you can't see the difference.......
She’s just cashing in, like everyone else. It’s given her a platform. I see no proof of a stronger moral compass compared to everyone else.
Thanks for speaking up, your saved a lot of people from wrong medications due to wrong lab results.
I read some female patients got wrong results from Theranos which altered their cancer medication and lost all their hair due to manipulated oestrogen!
What do you think Covid is and Covid jabs and tests? It has caused many cancers not yet revealed
When you’re questioning your mental health, that is your intuition tipping you off. So much respect for this brilliant person who refused to be silenced.
She raised her concerns but was gaslighted by others. Despite these challenges, she persevered and remained steadfast in her convictions. Bravo!
George Schultz was impressed by people who were very intelligent when he should have been listening to people who are very honest.
She was smart and cultivated her connections. She got away with a lot more because her well to do investors and backers would do anything to save face/public image. Remember image is everything with the wealthy.
@@xspindrift8737 She also came from a rich family with connections. Her father worked at Enron as well. So this is the culture of the rich.
Holmes is fake intelligent - all words and no substance
Ironic how Holmes was also on TED
Didn't age well
Yep, Holmes was on TED, and Satan goes to church every Sunday. Recognize...
It’s not ironic.
This was a way for TED talks to rectify their mistake.
TED talks are full of scammers. I stopped watching the channel after they had that dude who claimed that desertification and climate change could be reversed if we released massive numbers of hoofed animals wherever there's bare ground. A cursory internet search, which TED apparently didn't do, revealed that the guy was considered as something of a joke by the scientific community and hadn't had anything published in decades.
@@sheckartze like milk; aged like milk....
She's a real fighter. I don't even know her but I'm so proud of her.
She's an upper case American, it takes one to know one...
You are pride of her?? For what?? That she is fraudster ???
If wonder if she fought like this when she was mugged!
@@socratisgeorgiou1275 I am not pride of you for the not making sense in the what you say and the not good English.
This is what a hero looks like. Erika, as a scientist, you have my undying respect for what you did and your integrity.
Absolutely
I was a whistle blower. I paid a heavy price. No one stood with me. I'm still glad I did it. There are those who change things and those who watch. Change does not happen without people like us!
The bravery of whistle-blower's is underrated and under reported. These ppl have literally saved the lives of millions of ppl all over the globe.
Thank you to ALL whistle-blower's and the sacrifices and pain you lived thru to do the right thing.
Unless there a whistleblower in the DNC Revealing what the democrats do not want revealed ending up dead.
Couldn’t agree more!!
for every one whistle blower that a 100 more who been punished with no one to go too.
That's an example of an ethical employee. Regardless of consequences, she revealed the truth
She is very brave. I’m a Clinical Laboratory Scientist and we literally go to lab school. In our degree plan we have classes like ethics and we learn how to interpret data. So we KNOW when something is not right. And the fact that Erika had this intuition says a lot. We have resources like CAP & CLSI that guide labs how to implement testing. And we also have tools like EP evaluator, and these theranos employees did not have this or know about this but they could sense something was wrong so good for them!
As a former Lab Technician, I remember my instructor in the Navy saying, “Treat every sample like it belongs to someone you love”
But isn’t this just FDA guidelines? Theranos’ labs were never FDA-approved 🤔
This girl is awesome. She should feel so proud of her academic achievements. Many would probably not speak up in fear of damaging future career. She’s brave. I wonder how many companies had gone through the entire charade without a whistleblower.
Woman. She isn’t a girl and wasn’t when this happened.
@@hopewalker5764 Girl , woman , man , boy, alien , whatever she is , sis had the balls to speak up , as well as Tyler, the journalist John and the other people that helped expose the lies
That's a Woman not a girl dude
Her college struggles was already sad enough. Then Theranos just adds to her struggles
Yes. But she triumphs every time.
Hard work and intelligence are important, but so is a conscience.
Conscience? That should be the first thing you throw away if you wanna be on top.
@@drebue7065 Yeah. Just look at Hitler and Stalin. 😋😋
A lot of people have no conscience...sucessful and otherwise.
Serial killer
Amen
She is one of the strongest people I've ever listened to on the web. Erika Cheung also shows us that sometimes the most courageous are not the loudest, but the people who have overcome severe traumas and quietly analyse what's going on beforehand. I can't imagine how difficult it must have felt as a trauma survivor, standing up against a tech giant like Theranos. She truly is a hero!
This is honestly one of the most compelling and important accounts out there. Not just for Theranos. I think Erika's experience and message is profoundly important for business and even our personal lives.
Erika and Tyler are heroes.
She is a person with integrity and good conscience. Imagine George Schulz telling her she should do something else? Scary to think that all these big guys, presidents, former president and think tanks of the govt fell for the con job? Maybe their judgement were clouded by this pretty blonde and blue eyed girl. Jesus, and they were once in charge of the country? And this lady fought against all odds? She should be given the badge of honor.
Schulz is a life long GOPer. I'm not at all surprised he was about continuing the hush up and not pursuing the morally upright choice.
"Maybe their judgement were clouded by this pretty blonde and blue eyed girl"- Human gullibility has no end. Millions of people believe in angel dictating a book, to one last Profit who flied on winged horses to meet the god. Skeptics are delivered death for blasphemy/ apostasy in some societies.
May be everyone wanted a con job to make more money! That's pretty much how the silicon valley works now a days. Look at Uber, does not make a single cent of profit or offer minimum salary for their drivers but the executives have million dollar bonuses every year!
Let's stop believing that those people whom invested are innocent victims. All those charities organizations knew very well it was a scam, and they still went a long and raise money for that company. And that sir ex secretary is in it with the scam.
There's no secrets that can be kept from these people that govern us.
All the people who fell for it were idiot republicans because they were the only ones dumb enough to fall for it
Girl: *gets sexually assaulted*
Society: “Maybe you’re just not good at science”
Wtf?🤨
i think it was because of the mental issues she experienced after- most people are like “just suck it up and keep going” so they weren’t really attributing her failures to the assault
Exactly!!
This is happening to me this very moment, I hope my university helps me get through
@@Bimby-b how are you doing now? i hope you get better ❤️
12:15 she says she didn't feel brave, and I'm sure she's right, but what she was feeling just shows how remarkably courageous she was in that moment
She also said that she felt ashamed because it took her a *month* to write the letter to initiate the complaint and I was like, you feel bad for waiting a month?! Hundreds of employees passed through that company, many of them working there for years, who never said or did anything. No judgment on them, I can understand the situation, but she definitely shouldn't feel ashamed waiting for a month to build up the courage when when no one else ever did.
It's being terrified and still doing what's right that makes you a hero Erika
The sad part is that SOOO many researchers pick and choose their data points to make the results look better
I can't believe no one else in the lab spoke up about this. A basic principle of science is that you must include all your data.
Really
you mean lying with statistics
@@briansalcedo8444 "How to Lie with Statistics" was required reading in my stats class, lol. A great read which I still recall many of it's points today--mostly about recognizing "red flags" when stats are being used to make an argument for something
@@Costa_Conn Money is the answer to it all. Some people just want to pay their bills or student debt.
This is the ponzi scheme of science.
I appreciate the manner in which Erica presented this Ted talk. As a person unfamiliar with data analysis, myths and science- it was more clear than anyone else I've heard.
This has nothing to do with science at all. They fooled investors without any science to back this up at all. There were scientists who sowed doubts about her whole idea from the beginning and people didn't listen to them, they probably thought they were trying to stop this young "visionary" trying to "democratize healthcare" out of greed. The reason Elizabeth Holmes' lies were uncovered was because this brave young lady got the FDA involved. It doesn't sound like you have much experience in the scientific field if this is how you believe it works.
indeed. ms. cheung provided more information, and more succinctly than holmes did in her combined ten years of "interviews". For each of those interviews, Holmes should receive one year of imprisonment. Each of those interviews was a forum for Holmes to tell the truth. Instead, Holmes CHOSE; she's no different than Jeffrey Epstein, and every other liar who made money by.....LYING
Her book could be called “The Outlier”....So inspiring!!!
Perfect title!
This young lady is very impressive. I’ve seen her speak a few times. Makes me think the world will be ok after all, with a smarter and better generation coming up.
I was just thinking about the same thing. Just hope future generations will be OK after the dust settles. 🙏🏻
Don't hold your breath, Bubba.
PT Barnum was right. There’s one born every minute
Elizabeth Holmes is part of the same generation. The sad thing is, our society tends to reward people with some of the traits that tend to occur very commonly in psychopaths and narcissists, such as overconfidence, extreme individualism, exaggerating your achievements, unrealistic ambition, putting your success above anything (or anyone) else, this idea of "faking it till you make it", attention-seeking behaviour, etc. And we don't reward, and sometimes even punish those who are humble/modest, have realistic expectations and aspirations, and anybody who prefers to work behind the scenes.
There will always be people with integrity like Erica and people without it like Elizabeth. I think that as a society we need to reconsider who we choose to elevate and admire.
Such a beautiful soul, may god bless her and her family
She took so much risk without thinking if any gain in return
Oh brother. “What a beautiful soul” lol.
Erika Cheung ... your value is inspiration to many of us! Your parents must be so proud of the young amazing woman you are! Congratulations to your parents too!
Thanks for your comment
It is women like this who deserve all the attention, the fame, and the glory. An actual genuine, sweet woman. I am so tired of the fakes. Fake behaviors, fake attitudes, fake lives, and all the fake Holmes. Thank you for being so genuine, and for doing the right thing! I am so sorry that people ignored you, and didn’t believe you. That must have been so stressful. You have been through a lot, and you are here making an actual positive impact in the world. Gracias/Thank you!!🙏
You are so admirable. I'm a person living with HIV and I believe in fair knowledge when it comes to health and wellness. Brave souls you are.
You too are brave sir
And I'm so glad with the science today with hiv.. I don't have it but everyone in this lifetime can possibly get it, it only takes one time to get a permanent disease. The 1 pill a day, they created that eliminates alot of hiv symptoms and people actually can become undetected is so amazing..blessings to you sir❤️
Wasn't Elizabeth Holmes's father an Enron executive? There are some striking similarities in the attitudes and behaviour of the bosses of both Theranos and Enron.
Yes Christian Holmes, ex Vice President of Enron before it was exposed as fraud
like father like daughter. Wow. She learnt well from her dad.
Yes, both are psychopaths
I am no expert, but I read Bad Blood 3x. Elizabeth’s father is actually an admirable character. He worked at Enron but was not part of the financial fraud and he lost his job, along with 29,000 other employees, when that company collapsed. He and Elizabeth’s mother raised her well, gave her wonderful education and opportunities. Her dad encouraged her to live a purposeful, meaningful life. He hoped she would pursue a PHD at Stanford, but she said she wanted to make money.
They were all cut from the same cloth!!
Erika, if you ever read this I want you to know that YOU are a true inspiration to women. You are the kind of woman that young girls can look up to. I myself have always been a very outspoken person when I feel that something is wrong, I speak up for what’s right, I ruffle feathers, I make people uncomfortable and a lot of times it makes people dislike me, a couple times it has even cost me my job. But I don’t care. I will never just “sit down and shut up” I will stand on my soap box anytime I have a chance and say what I have to say. You did the right thing.
Interestingly there were nearly 700 employees at Theranos, and the one whistleblower gets heralded as the hero/heroine. Meaning? It's a culture where there are always more people willingly making a choice to let the scam rolling unless the music stops.
Isn't that weird, Linnea? Smells like a scam
This aspect needs to be explored more. Many of the employees must have known.
It wasn't just one.
right on target, thank you. I was literally scrolling down for a comment like this.
I mean... urgh
It's not as simple as that. For a lot of them family lively hoods and immigration status etc. are factors.
Integrity is so important.
And so little valued these days
omg and the fact that she ended on the word "thrive" -- she's a survivor AND a thriver, not just a survivor!!!!
Good for you! Erika! As a cancer patient I would like to thank you and the others for keeping us safer than what possibly could have gone horribly worse! Blessings to you, and your courage! Thank you!
This is a strong, clear-thinking, principled woman. Huge respect.
On this Thanksgiving Day 2020, I'm very thankful for whistleblowers like Erika Cheung.
She is so strong. Not too long ago I fought a case against UCLA and I felt exactly like she did. When institutions have power they will make sure to intimidate you to such a point where you start to doubt yourself and fear for your life. Know that you are not alone. There will be one person or a small circle that will believe you and that's all you need to defeat an army filled with malice.
Definitely want to know more about the case you fought with UCLA.
Uh, strong one was Tyler Schultz going up against his own, famous grandfather
I hope everything worked out in your favor and I’m sorry you had to go through that. That takes a lot of courage
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath you mean
INFAMOUS grandfather.
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath can't they both be strong? it's not a competition.
Erika Cheung 🙏🏾 Most of us never knew we could describe our trauma(s) as ‘. . . I was a victim of a series of crimes. . .’ A truth spoken, a gift. Thank You Thank You Thank You
You can’t convince me that this woman’s journey was not meant to be. I am not religious at all, but I believe that we all release some type of energy into the world. So grateful that Erika’s energy is far greater and more brilliant than Elizabeth Holmes will ever be.
A hero comes in many form. An employer would lucky to hire her.
I just read the book Bad Blood.
Thank you Ericka for helping exposing the truth!
Every start-up needs an Erika Cheung. Feet on the ground, no BS, not susceptible to the hype, just the science, just the truth. What an amazing, awesome, brave woman!
Courage isn't the absence of fear. Courage is being afraid and facing your fears, anyway. It doesn't take courage to do something you're not afraid to do. It takes courage to face it when everything is screaming at you to run away.
Outstanding young woman! All the best for her.
The sad thing is that George Schutz decided to believe the "schiesters" over his own grandson... :^(
Tyler's parents had to mortgage their home to cover his legal costs. George really threw his owb grandson under the bus.
True story...
Obviously, Politicians only care for their own skin and bank balance!!
@@rumblefish9 Karma had it coming for him (George) when his investments came crashing down after the fall of Theranos...
She deserves all things good in her life! What a brave , good person ! She had no rich grandparents etc but she just simply did the right thing!
These two people ( Tyler & Erica ) are basically the reason millions of lives haven’t been lost
I’ve read everything about Therenos and never knew Erica’s background. Wow! What an inspiration.
absolutely cried watching this because of how AMAZING you are. wow. thank you. you are an inspiration!!!
Had an ethical situation. There 23 years...walked out. No job..no possible way to know when a job would come available within 2 days I had a job. I believe when you do the right thing no matter how hard...God is working it out.
Now this is a real strong woman. So much integrity and honesty, why can't people like this be on cover of magazines?
The deleting the data point story makes me wonder so deeply about how many other research groups and companies tweak data for their own means and narratives and just get away with it. I remember in college taking a statistics and ethics course and studying how people can mis-use “outliers” to warp data and in some cases have been caught for it, but my professor imagined many more slip through the cracks. This was a class I had in 2013/2014 which is oddly parallel in time with what Erica was experiencing in the real world
Erika’s intellect and strength of character never ceases to impress me.
You did it despite your fear; that is the definition of courage.
She's the hero Elizabeth Holmes wanted to be. I applaud her for her integrity and bravery.
What a beautiful combination of commitment, competency, conviction and heart. A big thank you for your service to humankind.
Intelligence, honesty and integrity! Values of a successful professional and a sensible human being. Way to go Erika! 👏👏👏👏
One of my grade school teachers taught me and everyone in the class a hugely valuable lesson. Throughout the year, each one of us were asked to run an errand outside the classroom for Mrs. Strange. Before leaving, she planted a scenario in all our brains. Then, after the one student left the room, she told the other students to agree with her no matter what she said when the student returned. The first few students bent to peer pressure and went along with the group. Before the end of the year, we were looking for the game as soon as she sent someone on an errand. But, we all learned about sticking to your truth and refusing to be gaslighted. RIP Mrs. Strange. You taught me so much more than math!
That is cool. Is there a name for that game/scenario?
Inspiring. I just quit my lab job as a whistleblower, and no one cared, they blocked me out and refused to speak with me. I tried taking it higher and HR wouldn't answer my phone calls or emails etc. I've been perceived as 'young' and 'new', 'it's different here', and to 'manage my expectations'. They're playing with people's lives here and no one seems to care, it's all about the money. It really affected my mental health. I'm about to start a new job after 4 months and I just hope they are legitimate and actually care about patients.
I once dated a narcissist. Never knew what being gaslighted meant. I now do. I feel sorry for this courageous woman who was caused to doubt her own perceptions of reality when she blew the whistle. 🥺. Good for you young lady.
There are still small numbers of people who proudly practice professional ethics, only it's NEVER the leadership.
Erika is amazing, I have the high respect for her, she is a true role model!
Thank you so much Erika! You saved a lot of people. A lot of people don’t even know how serious a wrong result can be.
What a brilliant woman. She gives me hope
That was an amazing presentation, Erika. Thank you for saving lives.
Hey TED - why did you take down the Elizabeth Holmes talk? Own up to your mistakes, don't try to hide them.
Because it is the right thing to do. Why allow lies and misinformation?
I miss her low baritone voice. :( It was soothing to hear her say "tubes and tubes of blood" xD
@@FreedomofSpeech865 Gwynne Shotwell is still on ;) - but they should just add comment to video, but keep it nonetheless not Orwell it out of existance.
Thanks to Erika’s courage! She is not only smart but so genuine!
She said she felt anything but courageous because she was scared and anxious, but that is true courage to do the right thing even when you are scared..
Erika, you the real mvp.
I love and admire your integrity and grit. We need more people like you.
I am 69 years old and I know exactly where your coming from. Thank you for restoring my faith in the future of knowing when to speak out against what is not right.
Love this girl. Young intelligent ambitious and caring. She’s everything Elizabeth wanted to be. 10 Billion dollars can’t buy what Erika has as a human being.
It is really warming to know that there is an entire audience praising honesty while we watch this video. To all of those who are saying the newer generations will not be as honest as the previous ones, I would like to point out that she is from a newer generation and did the right thing while many others from older generations did not (Board of Directors Grandfather figure). Thank you for this TedTalk.
Is she gen z ??
Denial, realization and acceptance are the three stages we all go through when faced with unexpected or troubling situations. She questioned her own sanity in the denial stage until the journalist and lawyer helped her to move to the realization stage and the rest is history.
Wonderful, brave girl. And Tyler is a fantastic lad. So much was at stake for both of them despite their different backgrounds. Glad to know that people like Erika still exist in the world.
Kudos to you Erika Cheung! Thank you for standing up for what's right! May you be blessed with peace, love, prosperity 🙏 in your personal, spiritual, and career path. You really are an amazing person ❤!
She comes across as a genuine person. OTOH everything about Elizabeth Holmes is fake, from her voice, to her attire to her "invention".
There are tapes of Elizabeth Holmes voice before she became the darling of silicon valley, she sounds NOTHING like she does now.
All that attire copied from Steve Jobs and the low baritone to make herself look and sound more credible. (As a cover for the lack of knowledge in the field she was in)
The most incredible thing is how come everybody believed what a person who clearly fakes her voice every single time has to say.
I can't imagine all you over come. You are amazing
So refreshing to listen to someone with values and integrity.....you are admirable......
Erika, I salute your courage. You & Tyler Schultz are true heroes.
This is one of the top TED talks ive seen, and perhaps the greatest female speaker I've seen on TED. She keeps to the subject, speaks clearly but still has a high tempo in her presentation. Wow!
Well said
At the end of the day a thief is a thief; Elizabeth Holmes is simply a thief.
Nah there is nothing simple about her. A master manipulator, we are witnessing pure evil
I agree..she is more than a thief...she got zero moral compass,and will probable sell her own mother if it serves her purpose..
Thanks, Erika Cheung, for speaking up. You are truly inspiring , and you are just helping me to get more courage for finally speaking up myself.
Thank you Erika for your conscientiousness, courage and strength. 👏🏽
Very inspiring. Thank you for speaking up.
Such grace, eloquence and humility!!!! Bravo!!
It’s just so awesome how some people such as her are here on this Earth, she is such an inspiration.
Thank you for your service, Erika Cheung!