It's a very legitimate and pertinent question. If you want something very concrete, I will mention that the know-how developed for CERN experiments has led to the development of innovative cancer-treating techniques, especially for children, and new medical imaging devices. So, spin-offs from the crazy physics stuff are saving lives as we speak! ! I might expand this in a future post
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...you should definitely expand on this in another post Claudio, because even today there are many people who still don't appreciate the flow from theoretical science => experimental developments => societal benefits.