I agree, monad explanations that use analogies are bad. There is no need for analogy, it is a simple concept, and is easiest to learn from an explanation of th

I agree, monad explanations that use analogies are bad. There is no need for analogy, it is a simple concept, and is easiest to learn from an explanation of the actual concept, not semi-accurate sometimesish analogies. I think this is the best monad introduction I've seen: http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monads-and.html http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monad... It shows you why monads are a thing, what kinds of problems they can be used to solve, and then you see the overall pattern of how those different problems share the same underlying pattern (they are monads).