I will say that I'd like to start a blog a la your stuff at some point, after a few more years of tracking and posting/lurking. You downplay your writing's influence, but I've personally been a fan since about 2017, so I think it's accurate to state that your process has influenced my thinking somewhat, especially with regards to pattern recognition as opposed to the more technical specific processes which still elude me.
You've mentioned getting at forecasting through a information synthesis and identifying relevant structures/patterns style as opposed to starting from the mechanistic level and working your way up. I think I have a similar process, meaning that I enjoy learning about specific mechanisms as they are entrained within larger, more qualitative schemata