I can see why he is taking time off C++ -- I have read his Effective Modern C++ and it did not encourage me to want to understand the depth of C++ anymore. Ruined my desire to be an expert -- does not lead to sanity.

    “The object of life is not to be on the side of the
     majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks 
     of the insane.” 
          ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations