I feel like this ought to also be the purpose of academic research in e.g. math and physics but for some reason it is not: the most advanced concepts seem to just get further and further away from the grasp of mortals.
As an example, category theory is an attempt to distill concepts common to all of math but nobody has taken on the task of articulating that function clearly. To me it's like beer is drinkable but 200 proof will burn your throat but for strange reasons nobody really thinks it's necessary to point out
