Susumu Kitagawa's presentation at the Nobel lectures. The slide reads "The usefulness of useless"
"Everybody focuses on the useful, nobody pays attention to the useless." Susumu Kitagawa at #NobelLectures citing ancient Chinese philosophy on the use of the useless, the value of the empty... principles I have been cherishing since my early studies of Dào Dé Jīng (道德經) almost 2 decades ago 🫶🏻 🪙