Feynman on group decision-making at Los Alamos (1985)
Several comments here about what is the missing X factor - why did these guys get along. The quoted story takes place during World War II, and they were developing nuclear technology, specifically The Bomb. It&#x27;s very easy to look back and criticize the outcome, but AT THE TIME, these people thought that they had to do this to preserve their way of life and defeat evil.<p>I think this is a critical component of any moonshot - you have to have competition or some motivation that feels like an external compulsion.