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Demonstrating the value of abstracting away from elements/subsets to maps
Given a set $S$, here are 5 ways of thinking about elements of $S$, in increasing abstraction:
an actual element, e.g. $s\in S$
an inclusion map, e.g. $i_s:\{s\}\hookrightarrow S$
an ...