This duality of collaboration and solitude cuts against our simple narrative of genius. It is tempting to distill both Bernstein and Einstein down to their dominant reputations, with Lenny as the archetypal extrovert who thrived on collaboration and shunned isolation and Einstein as his polar opposite. But the true depth of genius requires both individual skill and the feedback and challenge of collaboration to be made whole. These men may have seemed to contain their genius within themselves, but as with leadership, when we look closely, we see that their individual achievements are also
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