Secrecy and work in solitary are often needed to achieve great things

NO matter if you are an entrepreneur, scientist, or scholar - if you have a great idea, keep it to yourself until you have the product, patent, or copyright, even if that means secrecy or temporarily working in solitary. If you give your great idea too soon, someone else with greater resources might pick it up and realize what should have been yours.
Read at Big Think: If you have a great idea, don’t tell everyone