I really find it difficult as well, and I think it is a lot to do with the nomenclature that surrounds the field. Sometimes I feel it's almost kept obtuse on p

I really find it difficult as well, and I think it is a lot to do with the nomenclature that surrounds the field. Sometimes I feel it's almost kept obtuse on purpose. The way I think about is to think of it is if "Design Patterns" helped show how to "engineer" software at the medium scale, category theory is a tool for helping us learn how to compose systems, and not just software. I wish it were a little more approachable, but it seems like we are getting there. There are people like Bartosz out there who really want to make it second nature. https://bartoszmilewski.com/2014/11/04/category-the-essence-of-composition/ https://bartoszmilewski.com/2014/11/04/category-the-essence-... I mean just think, it wasn't that long ago nobody knew what the heck a lambda was ;) We'll get there...