It is pretty rare for someone to have the killer combo of being able to generate incredible ideas and to explain them to the rest of us not on the bleeding edge

It is pretty rare for someone to have the killer combo of being able to generate incredible ideas and to explain them to the rest of us not on the bleeding edge. As you say, Charlie Stross is really good at communicating the thoughts of those with amazing ideas down to us mere mortals. I'm glad we have people like him to stimulate the thoughts of the rest of us.