So, the obvious question is, overrated by whom? Certainly not Isaacson, that's the whole point of the article. But us, the reader? I would think not, the hyper

So, the obvious question is, overrated by whom? Certainly not Isaacson, that's the whole point of the article. But us, the reader? I would think not, the hypermajority of the progress we see is clearly the result of teams. Sole founders of no-employee companies are slightly unusual, but no where near the extremely unusual sight of a purely independent solo researcher. Governments, industry and research, all dominated by group work. A lot of people are saying the title is clickbait. I certainly agree it fails to even allege Lone Geniuses are Overrated -- and so it massively fails to live up to it's promise.