On: Why mathematicians study knots

[taliesinb]

I would love to have some pointers to the higher dimensional algebra you're referring to.

[shagie → taliesinb]

https://youtu.be/EBWP1POPc2A and the associated knot theory from that university - https://www.youtube.com/c/MathatAndrews/search?query=knot

[mathgenius → taliesinb]

John Baez has written a lot about this stuff. Try this: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0340 . There's also his TWF column.