I have tried to read several books about category theory, but they all appear to dissolve into lists of trivial details before they ever clearly say anything new or powerful. Is category theory really just the idea "hey we can draw equations in 2D instead of 1D",
I mean, there probably is something useful that you get by trying to distill relationships down to their most abstract, but one is also kind of talking about nothing at that point, so ... ??? I would like one of these authors to
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stop trying to be so concerned with sounding smart, and just tell me what the point is, but nobody seems interested. Which makes me think maybe there isn't really a point.
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In fact, I wonder if Category Theory is what AK Austin was alluding to when he wrotehttps://mobile.twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow/status/1361137779166433281 …
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