Wildlife is and should be useless in the same way art, music, poetry and even sports are useless. They are useless in the sense that they do nothing more than raise our spirits, make us laugh or cry, frighten, disturb and delight us. They connect us not just to what’s weird, different, other, but to a world where we humans do not matter nearly as much as we like to think. And that should be enough. .Richard Conniff
About This Quote
The idea of uselessness is a negative one, however, this quote is a little different. In the context of the quote, there is a sense of value attached to useless things. The quote implies that these things are meant to connect us to other humans and the world around us. They are meant to make us proud of who we are and to remind us that we are not alone in this world. They help us remember that we are not the only people who exist.
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