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    $\begingroup$ In the first paragraph, regarding Langland's program, I'm afraid you are falling trap to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias regarding the way the Langlands program was announced. Nice way to put it though, the "mother of all vision papers" :) $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 11, 2019 at 13:40
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    $\begingroup$ Another interpretation of the Langlands program is that what matters (in addition to content) is who it is sent to - in this case, Weil. If a vision is, for instance, the suggestion that mathematicians should attack a certain set of problems using certain methods, then the really important thing is to get it into the hands of mathematicians who know those methods - potentially personally or by giving talks, rather than by publishing. In this case even if it is published in a suitable venue, if the venue is not read by these mathematicians, the effect will be small. $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 11, 2019 at 17:09