Living in the forest || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: Things you DON'T need to have a great life || Acharya Prashant (2022) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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00:00I want to go and live in a forest.

00:01I will only ask one thing and that is my security.

00:05Security of if I will survive or not.

00:07Degrowth does not mean that we necessarily have to go to the jungle and wipe out all

00:13civilization and dump all technology away.

00:18That's not really the thing.

00:19It merely means sustainability.

00:22Act in a way that is sustainable.

00:24The kind of resources we are using today, the earth simply does not have enough to provide

00:29for us.

00:30If the entire population of the world makes as much use of resources as the average American

00:37individual, we will need 17 of planets like ours.

00:4217 earths is what we need.

00:45From where will we get all that?

00:46Do we have those minerals?

00:48Do we have even fossil fuels are going to run out, right?

00:52They are anyway going to run out.

00:53Why not?

00:54Why not develop better technologies?

00:56Why not wean yourself away from them?