Acharya Prashant addresses the question of why one needs social certification, such as marriage, to validate personal decisions like love. He explains that our entire lives are built on seeking external validation and certifications, which essentially means we do not know our own worth and depend on others to define it. He points out that this dependency is deeply entrenched in our psyche, from pursuing engineering degrees for the sake of a certificate to seeking prestigious jobs to feel like 'somebody.' This constant need for social sanction makes our lives a script written by others, where every stage—education, career, marriage, and parenthood—is pre-decided by social forces and conditioning.