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I'm not sure either. But I'm finding the new trend of consensus papers quite compelling - the ones in which a diverse and large swath of researchers explicitly write down what they see as the path forward for their field and why, in broad strokes.
Two great examples:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41583-023-00705-w
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34112980/
It's important that researchers aren't limited to doing just the prescribed program to move forward. But thoughtful contemplation about where to head and how to get there is beneficial, I think.
And if we agree on that, the question becomes: how do we incentivize (optional) participation in that type of contemplation? That's a tractable thing to accomplish (through foundation grants, etc).