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Second, what's the purpose of this? I can imagine it'll be quite useful to BBG properties like Voice of America, RadioFreeEurope and generally US government PR/propaganda, but how am I supposed to not worry that this will be used for censorship via US-based companies and some future law combating "fake news" and/or "hate speech"?
Also interesting that the author mentioned Emptiness. I couldn't help but be reminded of Zen throughout.
Obviously all the work can be done without category theory but since the mid-2000's I gather that many insights have been gained by exporing various categories and their relations.
Edit: I think one of the main benefits is efficiency. Even if one doesn't start from categorical formalisms, you can later use them to pare things down to what's absolutely necessary.
It's an extremely good fit and highly productive, to answer your question directly.
I want to point out that I think (c) is by far the most important fact but that the post ignores; however, it also ignores lesser factors such as the widespread participation and effects of labor unions.
I see the post as grossly oversimplifying (by conveniently ignoring many other historical factors) while the last time I check, this is something that's still very much debated by modern economists.