Is there a good general introduction to Goodwillie calculus out there, like a paper or publication that gives a general overview of the calculus as well as how it is useful and why we are interested in it (especially with regards to stable homotopy theory)?


Or perhaps I might say, while I am reading Goodwillie's Calculus I, is there another paper out there that is introductory, perhaps with a long preface or introduction with intuitive ideas?


Thanks!



Surveys of Goodwillie Calculus 
It looks like the [nLab article](http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Goodwillie+calculus) is pretty nice. There you'll find a list of references, including this:



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> Brian Munson, Introduction to the manifold calculus of Goodwillie-Weiss, [arXiv:1005.1698](http://arxiv.org/abs/1005.1698)
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Is that the kind of thing you're looking for?


