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title: "On terror"
description: "That moment when someone drops and breaks their laptop. The despair, the guilt, the helplessness, the terror you see in someone’s eyes…"
author: "Ghaith Ayadi"
site: "Verbatim"
collection: "Briefs"
url: "https://verbatim.ayadighaith.com/briefs/on-terror-2"
date: 2024-02-15
updated: 2026-09-16
---
# On terror

That moment when someone drops and breaks their laptop. The despair, the guilt, the helplessness, the terror you see in someone’s eyes…

That’s why I’m consciously and subconsciously cultivating indifference, more so than happiness.