The group was a "Camerata"! There was a great talk at Rubyconf 2019 by Jessica Kerr about groups like this all over history who move their respective fields for

The group was a "Camerata"! There was a great talk at Rubyconf 2019 by Jessica Kerr about groups like this all over history who move their respective fields forward much faster than their contemporaries. She draws parallels to John Von Neumann's group, Van Gogh and friends, and more. She talks about how the groups work together for a time doing great things, and then, and perhaps more importantly, the members of the group go on to do amazing things on their own or even start "invisible colleges" of their own. Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oeigCANJVQ&list=PLE7tQUdRKcyZDE8nFrKaqkpd-XK4huygU&index=6&t=0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oeigCANJVQ&list=PLE7tQUdRKc... Slides: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zcgmrmz35jthvv3/Camerata-rubyconf.pdf?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/zcgmrmz35jthvv3/Camerata-rubyconf....