Useless things makes useful things possible

We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel; But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the wheel depends. We turn clay to make a vessel; But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the vessel depends. We pierce doors and windows to make a house; And it is on these spaces where there is nothing that the usefulness of the house depends. Therefore just as we take advantage of what is, we should recognize the usefulness of what is not. ~ ताओ ते चिंग, chapter 11

Family friends, relations, politics, economy are constructs and they are useless. But Useless that makes useful things possible.

The whole cosmos is useless for a man but that’s for makes human life possible.

Human needs all the useless learnings so that can use “useful learnings”

If you can’t appreciate the useless, you’ll never understand what’s truly useful.