> The difference in reactions by the maths community should probably be spit up into those who have read and understood On Proof and Progress and actually thought deeply about why they do mathematics, and those who haven't.

I think David Bessis (in an essay from April) has the best thoughts on this since Thurston:

https://davidbessis.substack.com/p/the-fall-of-the-theorem-e...

Also discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48758048