Part of the reason this is written like it is is that it is the work of a true master. (Like his opinions or not, he's come by them the hard way and really does know what he's talking about.) Mastery is just not as common as it used to be, probably in no small part because there is so much more to cover these days.

But when you find someone else who really knows their topic, inside and out -- they will probably write about it a lot like this.