Lots of time is wasted trying to figure out how to get the rest of the company to communicate with the lone genius
Feynmann himself disdained this sort of lone genius puffery. He was critical of this in Murray Gell-Mann. I don't think Feynmann was a loner at all. He had people he liked and could relate to, and other people he didn't like and relate to, just like anyone.
I've been on the receiving end of these kinds of analysis and the result is that they seem to exist purely to showcase how smart the individual is and to provide no other meaningful input to the effort.
Bingo! Always look at the cost/benefit to the group. Everyone who seems like this on the surface tells themselves that they are striking a blow for the truth. But what is the overall effect? Did they primarily bring the group's perception of the truth closer to reality, or did they mostly establish themselves as the Alpha nerd? It's usually both, but what is the mix? Is the undertone one of kindness, or one of cruelty?
there's lots of people who think they're Feynman and aren't and it's hard to tell the difference sometimes
Feynmann himself disdained this sort of lone genius puffery. He was critical of this in Murray Gell-Mann. I don't think Feynmann was a loner at all. He had people he liked and could relate to, and other people he didn't like and relate to, just like anyone.
I've been on the receiving end of these kinds of analysis and the result is that they seem to exist purely to showcase how smart the individual is and to provide no other meaningful input to the effort.
Bingo! Always look at the cost/benefit to the group. Everyone who seems like this on the surface tells themselves that they are striking a blow for the truth. But what is the overall effect? Did they primarily bring the group's perception of the truth closer to reality, or did they mostly establish themselves as the Alpha nerd? It's usually both, but what is the mix? Is the undertone one of kindness, or one of cruelty?
there's lots of people who think they're Feynman and aren't and it's hard to tell the difference sometimes
The same goes for Steve Jobs in the Bay Area.