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What is the greatest common divisor between the Scipionic Cirlce, the Camerata, the London Extreme Tuesday Club, and countless of other examples the history books can show us? These gatherings somehow managed to completely change the field they worked in; which, [according to Csikszentmihalyi](/post/2021/09/creativity-self-assessment/), classifies as genuine creativity. I'd like to take this a step further and call it **collective creativity**: without a collective, the creativity of each genius partaking in the above meetings would never has reached that far.
What is the greatest common divisor between the Scipionic Cirlce, the Camerata, the London Extreme Tuesday Club, and countless of other examples the history books can show us? These gatherings somehow managed to completely change the field they worked in; which, [according to Csikszentmihalyi](/post/2021/09/creativity-self-assessment/), classifies as genuine creativity. I'd like to take this a step further and call it **collective creativity**: without a collective, the creativity of each genius partaking in the above meetings would never have reached that far.
The collective not only provided feedback: they provided _critical_ feedback. This prevented the gatherings from becoming an echo chamber where no idea truly managed to break free. The collective not only provided knowledge: they provided _diverse_ knowledge. It was no coincidence that The Scipionic Circle consisted of both philosopher, ruler, and historian. The same is true for The Camerata.
The collective not only provided feedback: they provided _critical_ feedback. This prevented the gatherings from becoming an echo chamber where no idea truly managed to break free. The collective not only provided knowledge: they provided _diverse_ knowledge. It was no coincidence that The Scipionic Circle consisted of both philosopher, ruler, and historian. The same is true for The Camerata and others.
Conclusion? Heterogeneous communicating geniuses are better than a bunch of individuals. I'm sure you've experienced this yourself when working in well-oiled teams, compared to fiddling on your own.