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Bartosz Milewski's series of lectures on YouTube is a really engaging and enjoyable introduction to category theory. These are really helping me get it. https:/

• routerl 4y ago
  Bartosz's teaching/explanation style does not work for me. I have no formal critique of him, or even concrete things to point at to say why it doesn't work for me, but I wanted to add my comment in case someone else was also feeling discouraged by not taking much away from the writings/lectures of an often and highly recommended person. I generally learn very well from lectures/essays, but that hasn't been true for me re: his work.
  • larve 4y ago
    I really like the "Programming with categories" lecture because you basically get 3 teaching styles for the same material. Brendan Fong is very straightforward "definition lemma definition lemma", Spivak is slightly more example-oriented, and then Bartosz is... bartosz. The juxtaposition helps to unstick me. I do use Eugenia Cheng's Catsters video to complement as well. If I had to chose one personal favourite, it would be her for sure.
    • routerl 4y ago
      I've gotten a lot more out Spivak than Bartosz. It might just be a stylistic thing. I can't quite pinpoint it. Edit: Eugenia Cheng also makes more sense to me than Bartosz.