How is “lazy evaluation” in Haskell useful?

How is “lazy evaluation” in Haskell useful?:

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z_axis asks:
It seems lazy evaluation of expressions can cause a programmer to lose control. I am having trouble understanding why this would be acceptable or desired by a programmer.
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