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Are you selling the dream or running a long con? How to sort the Silicon Valley spin from the outright lies. We've got a ton of show links this week. Great reporting from all these sources. Support content makers!!! Show Links: https://www.vox.com/2015/2/26/8114391/inventions-dumb-fads http://fortune.com/silicon-valley-startups-fraud-venture-capital/ https://www.wired.com/story/theranos-and-silicon-valleys-fake-it-till-you-make-it-culture/ https://www.wired.com/story/theranos-and-silicon-valleys-fake-it-till-you-make-it-culture/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/21/big-tech-products-silicon-valley https://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Spectacular-recent-Bay-Area-tech-startup-failures-12378764.php#photo-14592820 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2019/mar/20/elizabeth-holmes-and-her-firm-theranos-show-why-we-must-stop-fetishising-entrepreneurs Episode Transcript These shows are dictated to and transcribed by machines, and hurriedly edited by a human. Apologies f