You just think this can't really be true and you are overwhelmed by your own impotence – there is not a thing I can do about it".
But then I think the combination of witnessing the scale of injustice and cruelty in the world, and realising your own impotence, the question is more how you avoid being crazy.
There is also the peril of failure, of revealing your own impotence, when trying to seek out and capture or destroy an elusive terrorist network some of which may be hiding in the caves and mountains of Afghanistan, and some of which may be lurking in the cities and suburbs of your own country.
"There are only two extreme moments in human madness," someone tells the doctor, by way of explaining the essence of terrorism: "The instant when you become aware of your own impotence and the instance when you become aware of the vulnerability of others".
What about dealing with your own impotence and unimportance in an uncaring world when the only friends you really have are Deliveroo and r/gonewild?
Ignore your own impotence - there is something you CAN do Take nothing at face value.
Right, it was very practical because it could sleep you and your pals, but it would take years to get from A to B, so you couldn't be in a hurry, which meant suddenly you were a hippie of leisure, a lifestyle enforced by the impotence of your air-cooled engine.
Mixed with impotence because, despite all the voices screaming in your ears to hurl the computer through the window, you know you won't because you're dependent on this mysterious jumble of components.
