@Guy Swann is my go-to for summaries on technicals and tradeoffs. The leading Core devs are dangerous as evidenced by their refusal to carry out arguments in good faith, and their philosophical illiteracy as regards incentives and human interaction.

I like to try to synthesize an understanding from lots of different perspectives though, and of course come to my own conclusions every step along the way via my own logic. Keeps my informed perspective decentralized itself haha!