How much do you want? || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: If you dislike material progress || Acharya Prashant, with BITS Pilani (2022) Link: https://youtu.be/C2vl5A-iEnU

Transcript

00:00We want to know who we are. That's why we keep exploring the world again and again so deeply.

00:06That's the reason why every new child that's born on the planet will want to explore the world a

00:12little more, a little further. Science will continue to develop. You cannot stop that and

00:16it must not be stopped. There is no reason. So the question now is since we will have scientific

00:20progress and we will have technological progress. Now the question therefore is who then is the

00:27knower of science and the consumer of technology? That's the question you should ask. Is the

00:31knower of science wise enough? Because science is going to become even more powerful. Is the

00:35consumer of technology wise enough? Sane enough? Because there will be even more abundance of

00:41the goods on offer. The markets will be brimming with stuff, offering consumption, endless consumption.

00:48So are you sane enough? That's the question you should ask.