occasionally Charlton does this as well

and when he does, he doesn't get many comments

John will often leave things open ended, to be possibly concluded in comment discussions.

his tone is open ended more so than his conclusions

"come in, lets talk, this is what I think"

vs.

"this is what I think, oh are you listening? have something to say? you better else scurry off"

There's a great bit of the later as well.

Bruce also is more of a loony, that discourages participation as he's hardly matched.

I think the only word that suffices is genius

Bruce Charlton is a bona fide genius

and like the great geniuses of the west of a not-so-old time

Yes, people are humbled, acting humbled(shutting up and not commenting).

a polymath, a man of great learning

he says "crazy" things often

and other people respond with

"haha, that's crazy"

not realizing he has already thought it out their way

it's amusing to watch

somewhat frustrating

Did the latest post come off as a bit sudden to you?

no

not at all

has slowly been building to it

I don't think this break is anything but temporary

he may not resume on this blog

but this isn't the last we will hear from him, we live in interesting times, things are changing

there is a spiritual change in the air

that people deeply feel, but cannot really express

people did not just get "sick of the way things are" in so many words

to spur something like Brexit

I mean, they did get sick of it

Sometimes, I wish to live as a ghost, and see things get a hundred times worse

but what that means is a lot more than what is realized

I'm curious how far things can be taken

you can already do that in a way

in a sense

by actually absorbing how bad things are now

it will feel a hundred times worse or a thousand times worse than your previous apathy

and simulate that experience thusly

it still stuns me how I didnt have to learn anything