Something that's bothered me a lot through my research career is how much effort it takes to place any particular result in context (and fit all the different p

Something that's bothered me a lot through my research career is how much effort it takes to place any particular result in context (and fit all the different pieces together into a coherent whole). And how one can understand the full edifice much better once one has that context in which to interpret recent progress. Of course, that layout only becomes clear only after the area has developed a little, but IMHO the most important education that can be imparted to newcomers in a field is that "context". It pains me to see that good expository material that share insight seem to be hard to find, particularly on front-line research. Broadly, I feel that research communities ought to do a better job of writing accessible review material -- otherwise they inevitably fracture into sub-communities which start talking past each other.