Really enjoyed reading all of your responses. Even though I don’t really consider myself to be an introvert in general, I am definitely not a “groupthinker.” It seems most pilots are not.
I know some of my best creative work (developing consulting projects, inventions, etc.) have been done in solitude, and it sounds like many of you can relate.
Perhaps, per the article, the “lone genius” is not in vogue, because, sadly, there aren’t too many of them.