So perhaps it is best to put the discussion on hold until a seriously detailed technical book comes out of me? At any rate, that is my plan.

That seems like a solid approach. I do suggest that you try to look deeply into whether or not it's possible to partially solve the problem of understanding goals, as I put it above, and make that description of why that is or isn't possible or likely long and detailed. As you point out, that likely requires book-length attention.