How to be useless
Follow the Daoist way – reclaim your life and happiness by letting go of the need to produce, strive or serve a purpose
by Helen De Cruz & Pauline Lee
Helen De Cruz (1978-2025) was professor of philosophy and Danforth Chair in the humanities at Saint Louis University in Missouri. Their books include Religious Disagreement (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Philosophy Illustrated: 42 Thought Experiments to Broaden Your Mind (Oxford University Press, 2022) and Wonderstruck: How Awe and Wonder Shape the Way We Think (Princeton University Press, 2024).
Written by Helen De Cruz