Geniuses Possess This One Common Trait | Intellectual Takeout

Geniuses Possess This One Common Trait | Intellectual Takeout
"James Gleick has written about some of the most distinguished minds in history.
As a former science reporter at the New York Times, he profiled some of the most brilliant people in the world. 
He’s written biographies of Isaac Newton and Richard Feyman.
His most recent book—The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood—examined the key figures behind information theory, such as Stephen Hawking and Claude Shannon.
In a conversation earlier this year with Big Think, Gleick said he noticed that a single trait seemed present in each of the figures he studied.
That trait? 
Aloneness. 
A comfort in being alone. 
A yearning for solitude that goes beyond the normal desire most humans feel..."
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