Full video: Emit love, not carbon || Acharya Prashant, with Bard College (2022)
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00:00Look at the quantum of self-help literature inundating the markets.
00:05We want to be better. We want to read self-help books.
00:07Even if they don't help, somebody comes and tells you,
00:09you apply this kind of thing on your face and your skin will glow.
00:13And you'll have lots of people who will apply that kind of treatment.
00:16And we want to be better. Just that.
00:19And if you want to be better, let's help you be better.
00:22That's a philosophy that's been taught to us.
00:24That your self-esteem, your self-respect, your self-image
00:29have to depend on how much you produce, how much you earn,
00:34and then how much you consume.
00:35You know, that's what you call a good life.
00:38Look at the incidence of mental illness, for example.
00:42Look at the number of people who are visiting psychiatrists and mental health.
00:50So people know that they are not doing well.
00:53But they do not see an alternative.
00:55If we could show an alternative, it would sell.