This is a community largely based on trust. The drawback to that is that once in a while someone turns out to be not quite as trustworthy as we all assumed. It is bitter but it has happened before, and if we want to continue to run as we have, it will happen again. The tower will survive, no...
Yea, Elantris is not of the same level as his other books, Warbreaker on the other hand is probably his best. Although I think the time of huge, long running fantasy series is past it will be interesting to see how the stormlight archive books will turn out.